How to base64 encode a PDF file in Python

Question

How should I base64 encode a PDF file for transport over XML-RPC in Python?

Answer 1

Looks like you might be able to use the binascii module

binascii.b2a_base64(data)

Convert binary data to a line of ASCII characters in base64 coding. The return value is the converted line, including a newline char. The length of data should be at most 57 to adhere to the base64 standard.