In python, how to convert a hex ascii string to raw internal binary string?

Question

In python, how to convert a hex ASCII string to binary string?

Example:

01000001B8000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D

Answer 1

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hex_string = '0A'
'{0:b}'.format(int(hex_string, 16))
# returns '1010'

or

''.join('{0:04b}'.format(int(c, 16)) for c in hex_string)