How to return pixels from QPixmap to QML

[cmessineo]

How would one return Image bits to QML from C++?

I have this code in c++:

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QImage image = m_pixmap.copy(sx, sy, sw, sh).toImage();

image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_ARGB32);
QByteArray bytes((char *) image.bits(), image.byteCount());

return ?????
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How would I package up the QByteArray and return the data to QML? I tried to return as a QVariant but got errors.

Thanks