base64 python cloudapi

import openalpr_api
from base64 import b64encode

apiclient = openalpr_api.DefaultApi()

with open("/storage/projects/alpr/samples/testing/car1.jpg", 'r') as img:
    b64content = b64encode(img.read())

response = apiclient.recognize_post("sk_DEMODEMODEMODEMODEMODEMO", "plate,makemodel,color", image="", image_bytes=b64content, country="us")


for plate_obj in response.plate.results:
        print "Plate:      %s - %f percent" % (plate_obj.plate, plate_obj.confidence)

print "Color:      %s - %f percent" % (response.color[0].value, response.color[0].confidence)
print "Make-model: %s - %f percent" % (response.makemodel[0].value, response.makemodel[0].confidence)