Error on base64.b64decode() ?!

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Christoph Krammer

Hello everybody,

I am using a python script to extract images from email messages. This
works fine for some messages, but not all attached images can be
decoded. I use the following code to decode the image and save it to a
database:

try:
imagedec = base64.b64decode(imageenc)
imagehash = md5.new(imagedec).hexdigest()
dbcurs.execute(<save image>)
except TypeError, e:
print "Error '%s' in Message %s" % (e, dbrow[1])
print imageenc)

The problem is that for some images, the method b64decode() returns a
TypeError "Incorrect Padding". But if I paste the content of imageenc
to some other base64 decode (like this one:
http://www.php-einfach.de/base64_generator.php?code=1), I get the
correct result.

One example content is included below.

Is this a bug in the base64 module, or is there something wrong with
my code?

Regards,
Christoph

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Christoph Krammer

If you get an incorrect padding error, try appending a "=" and decoding
again. If you get the error again, try appending one more "=". If it
still doesn't work, then you might be out of luck.

This seems to work in some cases, but not all. Whats the deal with
this adding of "="? Is there an implementation error in python, or are
other implemenations of base64 more robust then they have to be?

Christoph
 
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Tim Roberts

Christoph Krammer said:
This seems to work in some cases, but not all. Whats the deal with
this adding of "="? Is there an implementation error in python, or are
other implemenations of base64 more robust then they have to be?

The base64 algorithm converts 3 incoming bytes to 4 encoded bytes. When
you decode base64, the input string MUST be a multiple of 4 bytes. Equal
signs are used to pad the strings to 4n bytes.

The web site you used might be doing that alignment for you.
 

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