What data type is this and how to convert it in readable format using python?

Asked Jun 11 '20 at 05:27

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I am retrieving data from an API and getting data like:

b'\x80\x00\x00\x00\n\x00\x00%\x83\xa0\x08\x01\x00\xbb@\x00\x00\x05p \x02\x00>\xf3\x00\x00\x00}\x02\x00`\x03\xef0\x00\x00\r\xc0 \x06\xf0>\xf3\x00\x00\x02\x88\x02\x03\xec\x03\xef0\x00\x00/ '

When I checked data type in python, it's showing as bytes.I tried to convert it to readable format getting error as

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x80 in position 0: invalid start byte

What I tried:

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xa5 in position 0: invalid start byte

error UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x80 in position 3131: invalid start byte

edited Jun 11 '20 at 19:06

asked Jun 11 '20 at 05:27

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What you have is a binary blob - it isn't human readable text. – metatoaster Jun 11 '20 at 05:31
What is this value supposed to represent? (i.e. what field is it from the API? what's the context here?) – Henry Woody Jun 11 '20 at 19:11

What data type is this and how to convert it in readable format using python?

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