How to convert string bytecode to bytecode in python?

Question

I have a string bytecode like this "b'gAAAAABicrsec2Ce4oBYs4pzEpEHou1ZkR4IHai76C9TJHHVk5KOtJ4d154qBhNqf9LGB4svlQkPHue2XNQJUtp8ZLe9dqzk8w=='"

and I want it as bytecode type like this b'gAAAAABicrsec2Ce4oBYs4pzEpEHou1ZkR4IHai76C9TJHHVk5KOtJ4d154qBhNqf9LGB4svlQkPHue2XNQJUtp8ZLe9dqzk8w=='

The original string bytestring can be passed into ast.literal_eval and a bytestring (bytes) object will be returned. — s3dev
– s3dev, Commented May 5, 2022 at 12:32
It's worth noting that this isn't technically bytecode, it's a bytestring. Bytecode is the language that Python is compiled into. — Mous
– Mous, Commented May 15, 2022 at 23:28

s3dev · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-05 13:05:36Z

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The ast module can be used to convert the bytecode base64 str into a proper bytestring (bytes) object.

Example:

import ast

x = "b'gAAAAABicrsec2Ce4oBYs4pzEpEHou1ZkR4IHai76C9TJHHVk5KOtJ4d154qBhNqf9LGB4svlQkPHue2XNQJUtp8ZLe9dqzk8w=='"
out = ast.literal_eval(x)

Output:

>>> out
b'gAAAAABicrsec2Ce4oBYs4pzEpEHou1ZkR4IHai76C9TJHHVk5KOtJ4d154qBhNqf9LGB4svlQkPHue2XNQJUtp8ZLe9dqzk8w=='

>>> type(out)
bytes

answered May 5, 2022 at 12:36

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