smart_str

Return a string representing 's'. Treat bytestrings using the 'encoding' codec.

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

def smart_str(
    s: any,
    encoding: string = "utf-8",
    strings_only: boolean = false,
    errors: string = "strict"
) - > string

Return a string representing 's'. Treat bytestrings using the 'encoding' codec. If strings_only is True, don't convert (some) non-string-like objects.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
s	any	The object to be converted into a string representation.
encoding	string = "utf-8"	The codec used to decode the input if it is a bytestring.
strings_only	boolean = false	If True, prevents the conversion of non-string-like objects such as integers or booleans.
errors	string = "strict"	The error handling scheme to use for decoding errors (e.g., 'strict', 'ignore', 'replace').

Returns

Type	Description
string	The string representation of the input, or the original object if strings_only is enabled and the input is a non-string-like type.