python 3 string argument without an encoding

Question

This code worked with Python 2.7 but on Python 3.4 I get "string argument without an encoding" error

headers = {'Authorization' : 'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(bytes('Someuser:Somepassword')).encode('ascii')}

possible duplicate of [bytes encoding python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31161243/python-string-argument-without-an-encoding) — Vaulstein, Nov 09 '16 at 09:44
Use `b'Someuser:Somepassword'` if this is a hardcoded literal — mata, Nov 09 '16 at 11:02

Hubert Grzeskowiak · Answer 1 · 2016-11-09T10:50:02.673

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The bytes() class constructor now expects the encoding as second param. Example:

bytes("mystring", "ascii")

edited Nov 09 '16 at 10:50

answered Nov 09 '16 at 09:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '16 at 09:45

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I guess you need something like this:

headers = {'Authorization' : 'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(bytes('Someuser:Somepassword','ascii')).decode('ascii')}

answered Nov 09 '16 at 09:45

milos.ai

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