base64 to file python code example

Example 1: python convert image to base64

import base64

file = 'deer.jpg'
image = open(file, 'rb')
image_read = image.read()
image_64_encode = base64.encodebytes(image_read) #encodestring also works aswell as decodestring

print('This is the image in base64: ' + str(image_64_encode))

image_64_decode = base64.decodebytes(image_64_encode) 
image_result = open('deer_decode.jpg', 'wb') # create a writable image and write the decoding result
image_result.write(image_64_decode)

Example 2: base64 decode python

>>> import base64
>>> encoded = base64.b64encode(b'data to be encoded')
>>> encoded
b'ZGF0YSB0byBiZSBlbmNvZGVk'
>>> data = base64.b64decode(encoded)
>>> data
b'data to be encoded'