Python 2.7 - How to preserve binary data read from stdin

Asked Feb 25 '17 at 17:47

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I'd like to be able to read binary data from stdin and have it preserved as binary data (i.e. no coercion to string as sys.stdin.read does). How can I do this with Python 2.7?

Edit: The answers given here, are not suitable for the following reasons:

Using the extension "-u" will not work because I have no control over how users interact with the program.
Using sys.stdin.read will not work because that function coerces the input to a string - I would like for it to remain as bytes.
Using "msvcrt.setmode (sys.stdin.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)" will not work because that is a windows-specific solution and I'd like this to be cross-platform.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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Possible duplicate of [Reading binary data from stdin](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2850893/reading-binary-data-from-stdin) – Abdou Feb 25 '17 at 18:06
Abdou, this question is different from that one for the reasons given in the edit. – Everyone_Else Feb 25 '17 at 19:41
Why can't you just use `msvcrt.setmode` on Windows and do nothing on other platforms? – Blender Feb 25 '17 at 19:45
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Sure, but how do you do it on other platforms? – Everyone_Else Feb 25 '17 at 19:52
This is a good question that deserves an answer. – Xofo Aug 24 '17 at 04:19

Python 2.7 - How to preserve binary data read from stdin

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