We can decode the bytes object to produce a string using bytes.decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'). For documentation see bytes.decode.

Python 3 example:

byte_value = b"abcde"
print("Initial value = {}".format(byte_value))
print("Initial value type = {}".format(type(byte_value)))
string_value = byte_value.decode("utf-8")
# utf-8 is used here because it is a very common encoding, but you need to use the encoding your data is actually in.
print("------------")
print("Converted value = {}".format(string_value))
print("Converted value type = {}".format(type(string_value)))

Output:

Initial value = b'abcde'
Initial value type = <class 'bytes'>
------------
Converted value = abcde
Converted value type = <class 'str'>

Note: In Python 3, by default the encoding type is UTF-8. So, <byte_string>.decode("utf-8") can be also written as <byte_string>.decode()

We can decode the bytes object to produce a string using bytes.decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'). For documentation see bytes.decode.

Python 3 example:

byte_value = b"abcde"
print("Initial value = {}".format(byte_value))
print("Initial value type = {}".format(type(byte_value)))
string_value = byte_value.decode("utf-8")
# utf-8 is used here because it is a very common encoding, but you need to use the encoding your data is actually in.
print("------------")
print("Converted value = {}".format(string_value))
print("Converted value type = {}".format(type(string_value)))

Output:

Initial value = b'abcde'
Initial value type = <class 'bytes'>
------------
Converted value = abcde
Converted value type = <class 'str'>

Note: In Python 3, by default the encoding type is UTF-8. So, <byte_string>.decode("utf-8") can be also written as <byte_string>.decode()

We can decode the bytes object to produce a string using bytes.decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict') For documentation. Click here

Python3 example:

byte_value = b"abcde"
print("Initial value = {}".format(byte_value))
print("Initial value type = {}".format(type(byte_value)))
string_value = byte_value.decode("utf-8")
# utf-8 is used here because it is a very common encoding, but you need to use the encoding your data is actually in.
print("------------")
print("Converted value = {}".format(string_value))
print("Converted value type = {}".format(type(string_value)))

Output:

Initial value = b'abcde'
Initial value type = <class 'bytes'>
------------
Converted value = abcde
Converted value type = <class 'str'>

NOTE: In Python3 by default encoding type is utf-8. So, <byte_string>.decode("utf-8") can be also written as <byte_string>.decode()

We can decode the bytes object to produce a string using bytes.decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'). For documentation see bytes.decode.

Python 3 example:

byte_value = b"abcde"
print("Initial value = {}".format(byte_value))
print("Initial value type = {}".format(type(byte_value)))
string_value = byte_value.decode("utf-8")
# utf-8 is used here because it is a very common encoding, but you need to use the encoding your data is actually in.
print("------------")
print("Converted value = {}".format(string_value))
print("Converted value type = {}".format(type(string_value)))

Output:

Initial value = b'abcde'
Initial value type = <class 'bytes'>
------------
Converted value = abcde
Converted value type = <class 'str'>

Note: In Python 3, by default the encoding type is UTF-8. So, <byte_string>.decode("utf-8") can be also written as <byte_string>.decode()