Python3 converting bytestring

Question

So I am connecting to a IoT machine.

I have a bytestring

my_string = '\x01\x00\t\xd2\x01\x00\x01\x04keso\xcc'

Sending the string like this works perfect:

self._sock.send(b'\x01\x00\t\xd2\x01\x00\x01\x04keso\xcc')

but this fails

self._sock.send(my_string) #=> Error #TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

so, my mission now is to get the string to be sent, and when i try to add my_string.encode(), then string will become b'\x01\x00\t\xc3\x92\x01\x00\x01\x04keso\xc3\x8c' which is not a correct representation, should be b'\x01\x00\t\xd2\x01\x00\x01\x04keso\xcc'

How the heck do I convert this?

Ok, but regardless of that, it is what I have to work with. I cannot change that, its the only type of string that the iot device takes. — JayC
– JayC, Commented Sep 6, 2019 at 23:34
What? What do you mean it's the only type of string that the IOT device takes. What is creating this string? — juanpa.arrivillaga
– juanpa.arrivillaga, Commented Sep 6, 2019 at 23:46

JayC · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-06 23:49:03Z

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I have found it. It was using latin1 encoding.

answered Sep 6, 2019 at 23:49

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Frank · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-06 21:35:51Z

my_string = '\x01\x00\t\xd2\x01\x00\x01\x04keso\xcc'

...is not a bytestring. I think it should be ...

my_string = b'\x01\x00\t\xd2\x01\x00\x01\x04keso\xcc'

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