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Does python have an equivalent to Javascript's 'btoa'

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I'm trying to find an exact equivalent to javascript's function 'btoa', as I want to encode a password as base64. It appears that there are many options however, as listed here:

https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/base64.html

Is there an exact equivalent to 'btoa' in python?

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answered 8 Years ago giovanny · Accepted Answer

Python's Base64:

import base64



encoded = base64.b64encode(b'Hello World!')

print(encoded)



# value of encoded is SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh

Javascript's btoa:

var str = "Hello World!";

var enc = window.btoa(str);



var res = enc;



// value of res is SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh

As you can see they both produce the same result.