AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'b64encode'

Question

I got an error by trying to do a simple base64 encoder. My file isn´t called bas64.py or anything related.

     datatoencode = input("Enter the data you want to encode: ")
     datatoencode_bytes = datatoencode.encode('ascii')
     encodedBytes = base64.b64encode(datatoencode_bytes)
     base64_datatoencode = encodedBytes.decode('ascii')
     print("Encoded data: " + base64_datatoencode)

Sorry but obviusly i imported base64

SGD
– SGD

2020-05-20 23:39:09 +00:00
Commented May 20, 2020 at 23:39 — SGD
– SGD, Commented May 20, 2020 at 23:39
so this question is closed?

Hanz
– Hanz

2020-05-20 23:39:35 +00:00
Commented May 20, 2020 at 23:39 — Hanz
– Hanz, Commented May 20, 2020 at 23:39
yes it is closed

SGD
– SGD

2020-05-20 23:45:49 +00:00
Commented May 20, 2020 at 23:45 — SGD
– SGD, Commented May 20, 2020 at 23:45

Jasmijn · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-21 00:08:04Z

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Do you define a function called base64 in your module somewhere? You can either rename the function, or import the base64 module under an alias, like this: import base64 as b64. If you do the latter, don't forget to replace base64.b64encode by b64.b64encode.

answered May 21, 2020 at 0:08

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SGD Over a year ago

Thank you so much I just realized that my func was called "encodetobase64"

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