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base64.py
import base64
# Create a string and encode to bytes
s = 'Convert me to base64!'
sb = s.encode('utf-8')
# Take bytes and encode to base64 string
sb64 = base64.b64encode(sb).decode()
# Q29udmVydCBtZSB0byBiYXNlNjQh
# Take base64 string and decode back to original string
base64.b64decode(sb64).decode('utf-8')
# 'Convert me to base64!'
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