"Invalid \x escape" while creating a backup using sftp

Question

I took this code from a youtube video and attempted to edit it to help me back up a folder on my laptop using sftp, but I keep getting the following error:

Invalid\x escape.  

What can be causing this issue?

Here is my code:

import pysftp as sftp

def sftpExample():
    try:
        s = sftp.Connection(host='192.168.91.151',username='test',password='password')
        remotepath='/home/baar/test'
        localpath='C:\Users\xps\Desktop\testme'
        s.put(localpath,remotepath)

        s.close()#closes the connection
    except Exception, e:
        print str(e)


sftpExample()