cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object

[elhammoumi]

I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Oussama\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1982, in wsgi_app response = self.full_dispatch_request() File "C:\Users\Oussama\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1614, in full_dispatch_request rv = self.handle_user_exception(e) File "C:\Users\Oussama\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1517, in handle_user_exception reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb) File "C:\Users\Oussama\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\site-packages\flask\_compat.py", line 33, in reraise raise value File "C:\Users\Oussama\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1612, in full_dispatch_request rv = self.dispatch_request() File "C:\Users\Oussama\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1598, in dispatch_request return self.view_functions[rule.endpoint](**req.view_args) File "app.py", line 56, in predict convertImage(imgData) File "app.py", line 36, in convertImage imgstr = re.search(r'base64,(.*)',imgData1).group(1) File "C:\Users\Oussama\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\re.py", line 173, in search return _compile(pattern, flags).search(string) TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object

[elhammoumi]

I fixed the issue using this code
def convertImage(imgData1): imgstr = re.search(b'base64,(.*)',imgData1).group(1) #print(imgstr) with open('output.png','wb') as output: output.write(base64.b64decode(imgstr))

[legqio]

@elhammoumi thank you! don't forget the import base64

[chandu-v]

Thank you.
It helped me to fix.
If it's fixed, we can close it.