read tar.gz file into binary string python

Question

I have to upload a tar ball (tar.gz) file into s3 but by calling internal API.

The API accepts base64 encoded string.

Is there a way to convert tar.gz file to bytes string and then convert to base64 string in python?

Answer 1

To read a file as a byte stream is pretty straightforward:

with open(filename,"rb") as f:
    data = f.read()

The extra "b" is for "binary mode"

Converting that into base64 is also simple, you only need to use the handy base64 module.:

import base64
data = base64.b64encode(data)