Python Get Base64 Encoded Byte String as a String of Bytes [duplicate]

Question

Given the python code

import base64
byte = base64.b64encode(b'hello')

byte has the value

b'aGVsbG8='

But I'm trying to get the string of the literal encoded bytes inside the b'...' notation.

Only solution I've found so far is to cast the bytes as string and get the substring of the value without the first two and last characters,

str(byte)[2:-1]

which gives me

'aGVsbG8='

While this works, it feels like a complete hack.

Rohit-Pandey · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-03 17:07:25Z

3

Try this one also works:

str(byte, 'utf-8')

answered Nov 3, 2018 at 17:07

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Ry- · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-03 17:02:44Z

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Decode it as ASCII:

byte.decode('ascii')

answered Nov 3, 2018 at 17:02

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Just using decode() would probably work as well...