Converts base64 application/x-python-serialize in rabbitmq to human readable json for easier debug

b64tojson.py

import click
import base64
import pickle
import pprint


@click.command()
@click.argument('b64body')
@click.option('--indent', default=2, type=int)
def unserialize(b64body, indent):
    m = "".join(b64body.strip().split("\n"))
    try:
        res = pickle.loads(base64.b64decode(m))
        pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=indent)
        click.echo("")
        pp.pprint(res)
    except TypeError:
        click.echo("Cannot parse this base64 body")

setup.py

from setuptools import setup

setup(
    name='b64tojson',
    version='0.1',
    py_modules=['b64tojson'],
    install_requires=[
        'Click',
    ],
    entry_points='''
        [console_scripts]
        b64tojson=b64tojson:unserialize
    ''',
)

Download both files to a directory and then inside the directory $ pip install .

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