smart_bytes

Return a bytestring version of 's', encoded as specified in 'encoding'.

If strings_only is True, don't convert (some) non-string-like objects.

def smart_bytes(
    s: Any,
    encoding: string = "utf-8",
    strings_only: boolean = false,
    errors: string = "strict"
) - > bytes

Return a bytestring version of 's', encoded as specified in 'encoding'. If strings_only is True, don't convert (some) non-string-like objects.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
s	Any	The input value to be converted into a bytestring.
encoding	string = "utf-8"	The character encoding to use for the conversion process.
strings_only	boolean = false	If True, prevents the conversion of non-string-like objects to ensure only text-based data is processed.
errors	string = "strict"	The error handling scheme to use for encoding errors, such as 'strict', 'ignore', or 'replace'.

Returns

Type	Description
bytes	The encoded bytestring version of the input, or the original object if it is a lazy translation promise.