CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python-3.x
Coder
Coder

Reputation: 107

Getting TypeError must be str not bytes with echo command

Am upgrading to py3 and have py2 compatible code which is now throwing an error of TypeError: must be str, not bytes

In the script its sending a shell echo command with an encoded string.

"echo \"" + base64.b64encode(b'Hello World') + "\" | base64 -d"

How can I modify the above to make it pass?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 207

Answers (1)

7koFnMiP
7koFnMiP

Reputation: 477

You could convert the strings to bytes as well and then decode them:

bytes_string = b"echo \"" + base64.b64encode(b'Hello World') + b"\" | base64 -d"
print(bytes_string.decode('utf-8'))

>>> echo "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=" | base64 -d

Upvotes: 1

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