How to convert a string to Base64 in Python?

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I am starting in Python and come from PHP.

To convert a string to base 64 in PHP, I do it as follows:

base64_encode('stack overflow'); //c3RhY2sgb3ZlcmZsb3c=

And in the Python, how do I do that?

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It’s like that. You just have to make one import:

>>> import base64
>>> encoded = base64.b64encode(b'stack overflow')
b'c3RhY2sgb3ZlcmZsb3c='

b64encode asks for an array of bytes, not a string. The b on the front make this conversion.

  • Why did you use b'stack' instead of just 'stack'? Binary?

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    Because b64encode asks for an array of bytes, not a string. O b on the front make this conversion.

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