Fix bug in base64 padding that made img uploads unreadable

stevula · stevula · commit d83bf13ae9f6 · 2016-11-08T11:32:03.000-08:00
diff --git a/synapse_pay_rest/models/users/physical_document.py b/synapse_pay_rest/models/users/physical_document.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ def create(cls, base_document, value=None, type=None, file_path=None,
     def byte_stream_to_base64(byte_stream, mime_type):
         """Convert a byte stream / array to a properly padded base64 string.
         """
-        encoded_string = str(base64.b64encode(byte_stream))
+        base64_string = base64.b64encode(byte_stream).decode("utf-8")
         mime_padding = 'data:{0};base64,'.format(mime_type)
-        base64_string = mime_padding + encoded_string
-        return base64_string
+        padded_base64 = mime_padding + base64_string
+        return padded_base64
 
     @staticmethod
     def file_to_base64(file_path):
