Decode string with hex characters in python 2

Question

I have a hex string and i want to convert it utf8 to insert mysql. (my database is utf8)

hex_string = 'kitap ara\xfet\xfdrmas\xfd'
...
result = 'kitap araştırması'

How can I do that?

Answer 1

Try(Python 3.x):

import codecs
codecs.decode("707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f", "hex").decode('utf-8')

From here.