What is the best way to convert a pdf file into base64Binary?

Question

Using python, I want to convert a pdf file into base64Binary

My logic(not python) is reading the contents of the file into a byte array and then use something like Convert.ToBase64String() method to get the Base64 string:

byte[] pdfBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(pdfPath);
string pdfBase64 = Convert.ToBase64String(pdfBytes);

Please let me know what is the right approach to convert a pdf file into base64Binary in python

Answer 1

its easy as this

import base64

with open("book.pdf", "rb") as pdf_file:
    encoded_string = base64.b64encode(pdf_file.read())

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