Get bitcoin address from RIPEMD-160 hash in python

get_address_from_ripemd160.py

from hashlib import sha256
from base58 import b58encode


def get_address_from_ripemd160(ripemd_hash):
    #  steps from https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_version_1_Bitcoin_addresses
    h3 = ripemd_hash
    h4 = '00' + h3
    h5 = sha256(h4.decode('hex')).hexdigest()
    h6 = sha256(h5.decode('hex')).hexdigest()
    h7 = h6[0:8]
    h8 = h4 + h7
    h9 = b58encode(h8.decode('hex'))
    
    return h9