python3 convert byte class to string

Question

I receive data from a socket in Python 3 with

data = ""
...
data = s.recv(1024)

When I want to print(data) and print (type(data)), it tells me:

b'contentofdata'
<class 'bytes'>

How can I convert data back to a string so it only shows contentofdata after print(data)? I tried a lot with .decode or .encode, but it does not seem to work in Python 3.

It's just data.decode().

zondo
– zondo

2016-08-12 02:02:41 +00:00
Commented Aug 12, 2016 at 2:02 — zondo
– zondo, Commented Aug 12, 2016 at 2:02

Rafiqul Hasan · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-12 04:44:46Z

1

You can just do str(data, 'utf-8') to convert bytes to string.

answered Aug 12, 2016 at 4:44

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