Python: Essential Reference, Third Edition

binascii

The binascii module is used to convert data between binary and a variety of ASCII encodings, such as base 64, binhex, and uuencoding.

a2b_uu(string)

Converts a line of uuencoded data to binary. Lines normally contain 45 (binary) bytes, except for the last line which may be less. Line data may be followed by whitespace.

b2a_uu(data)

Converts a string of binary data to a line of uuencoded ASCII characters. The length of data should not be more than 45 bytes. Otherwise, the Error exception is raised.

a2b_base64(string)

Converts a string of base 64–encoded data to binary.

b2a_base64(data)

Converts a string of binary data to a line of base 64–encoded ASCII characters. The length of data should not be more than 57 bytes if the resulting output ...