Python binary string compatible with Java byte array (as used in SOAP web services)

binary_upload.py

import base64

"""
Some useful functions for interacting with Java web services from Python.
"""

def make_file_java_byte_array_compatible(file_obj):
    """ 
    Reads in a file and converts it to a format accepted as Java byte array 
    :param file object
    :return string
    """
    encoded_data = base64.b64encode(file_obj.read())
    strg = ''
    for i in xrange((len(encoded_data)/40)+1):
        strg += encoded_data[i*40:(i+1)*40]
        
    return strg

def java_byte_array_to_binary(file_obj):
    """ 
    Converts a java byte array to a binary stream
    :param java byte array as string (pass in as a file like object, can use StringIO)
    :return binary string
    """
    decoded_data = base64.b64decode(file_obj.read())
    strg = ''
    for i in xrange((len(decoded_data)/40)+1):
        strg += decoded_data[i*40:(i+1)*40]
        
    return strg

Thx, it’s very useful.

Have you used it on python3? I tried the same logic you had used but seems that range works different.