Question

How to encode and decode a string with base64 in Python

Answer 1

import base64
 
encoded = base64.b64encode(bytes(u'Python programming', "utf-8"))
print(encoded)
 
decoded = base64.b64decode(encoded).decode("utf-8", "ignore")
print(decoded)
   
   
   
   
'''
run:
   
b'UHl0aG9uIHByb2dyYW1taW5n'
Python programming
 
'''

 

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Answer 2

import base64
 
string = 'Python programming'
 
encoded = base64.b64encode(bytes(string, "utf-8"))
print(encoded)
 
decoded = base64.b64decode(encoded).decode("utf-8", "ignore")
print(decoded)
   
   
   
   
'''
run:
   
b'UHl0aG9uIHByb2dyYW1taW5n'
Python programming
 
'''

 

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