What is the difference between response from a server in bytes and in unicode?

Asked Oct 08 '17 at 07:27

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I'm using python's requests library and from it the response can be obtained either in bytes or In Unicode. I want to the difference between them, when to use the response in Unicode or in bytes. And how to interconvert them.

data=requests.get('http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=geo.gettopartists&country=spain&api_key=f202d54c37859d31e6fb579da4c3b408&format=json').text

data=requests.get('http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=geo.gettopartists&country=spain&api_key=f202d54c37859d31e6fb579da4c3b408&format=json').content

what is the difference between either of them and when should use one over other?

edited Dec 24 '20 at 04:05

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asked Oct 08 '17 at 07:27

Why are you trying to unpickle a tar? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Oct 08 '17 at 07:37
You'd might get a workaround by using `dummyfile = io.BytesIO(file.read())`? – Torxed Oct 08 '17 at 07:43
You can't just use `tarfile` like everyone else? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Oct 08 '17 at 07:43
My question is abt their use cases.? – Oct 21 '17 at 08:13
If u could elaborate it would be helpful – Oct 21 '17 at 08:13
Remember you can use .json() too to get a dictionary right away. Docs here: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/api/#requests.Response – Anton vBR Oct 21 '17 at 08:15

What is the difference between response from a server in bytes and in unicode?

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