How to recover byte string?

Question

Python

Hello!

"x\\xda\\x15\\xc1m\\x13B0\\x00\\x00\\xe0_\\xe4NY\\x97>\\xf8`\\xde\\xc6e\\xa1X\\xe7\\xcb\\x8eU\\x13S\\xcd\\x14\\xfa\\xf5]\\xcf\\xc3\\xed?\\xd88\\x1dj{U\\x1fw\\x8b\\xa3\\xaf\\x8d\\xd0|\\xd4e1\\xae$\\xabH\\xf7\\xcd\\x92\\x166(U\\x99\\x12o\\x94\\x82\\x9c\\xd9\\xf3\\xa7\\x9fjW\\xea \\nNX*\\xbe\\x1f\\xa9\\x18`\\xec\\xd9\\xc1\\x8c\\x87C\\x18\\x01\\\\\\x94\\x05\\xa1$\\x19\\x8d/T\\xcaG\\xf2\\x1c\\x8a\\xbb\\xcb\\x90\\xd7\\xf6\\x1eaZ\\xff\\xaa\\xe2\\x8d\\xe9\\x93a\\x12\\xad\\x0f\\xd2<c\\xe5\\x94\\x80NR.\\x9f\\[email protected]\\rM\\xa4\\x84\\xe3\\xa5\\xbal'\\xcb\\xfa\\x01\\xfbX83"

b"x\xda\x15\xc1m\x13B0\x00\x00\xe0_\xe4NY\x97>\xf8`\xde\xc6e\xa1X\xe7\xcb\x8eU\x13S\xcd\x14\xfa\xf5]\xcf\xc3\xed?\xd88\x1dj{U\x1fw\x8b\xa3\xaf\x8d\xd0|\xd4e1\xae$\xabH\xf7\xcd\x92\x166(U\x99\x12o\x94\x82\x9c\xd9\xf3\xa7\x9fjW\xea \nNX*\xbe\x1f\xa9\x18`\xec\xd9\xc1\x8c\x87C\x18\x01\\\x94\x05\xa1$\x19\x8d/T\xcaG\xf2\x1c\x8a\xbb\xcb\x90\xd7\xf6\x1eaZ\xff\xaa\xe2\x8d\xe9\x93a\x12\xad\x0f\xd2<c\xe5\x94\x80NR.\x9f\[email protected]\rM\xa4\x84\xe3\xa5\xbal'\xcb\xfa\x01\xfbX83"

It is necessary to somehow get the bottom line from the top line. In order for zlib not to reject. I'm out of ideas...

Answer 1

In [1]: s = "x\\xda\\x15\\xc1m\\x13B0\\x00\\x00\\xe0_\\xe4NY\\x97>\\xf8`\\xde\\xc6e\\xa1X\\xe7\\xcb\\x8eU\\x13S\\xcd\\x1
   ...: 4\\xfa\\xf5]\\xcf\\xc3\\xed?\\xd88\\x1dj{U\\x1fw\\x8b\\xa3\\xaf\\x8d\\xd0|\\xd4e1\\xae$\\xabH\\xf7\\xcd\\x92\\x1
   ...: 66(U\\x99\\x12o\\x94\\x82\\x9c\\xd9\\xf3\\xa7\\x9fjW\\xea \\nNX*\\xbe\\x1f\\xa9\\x18`\\xec\\xd9\\xc1\\x8c\\x87C\
   ...: \x18\\x01\\\\\\x94\\x05\\xa1$\\x19\\x8d/T\\xcaG\\xf2\\x1c\\x8a\\xbb\\xcb\\x90\\xd7\\xf6\\x1eaZ\\xff\\xaa\\xe2\\x
   ...: 8d\\xe9\\x93a\\x12\\xad\\x0f\\xd2<c\\xe5\\x94\\x80NR.\\x9f\\[email protected]\\rM\\xa4\\x84\\xe3\\xa5\\xbal'\\xcb\\xfa\\x01\
   ...: \xfbX83"
   ...:

In [2]: s
Out[2]: "x\\xda\\x15\\xc1m\\x13B0\\x00\\x00\\xe0_\\xe4NY\\x97>\\xf8`\\xde\\xc6e\\xa1X\\xe7\\xcb\\x8eU\\x13S\\xcd\\x14\\xfa\\xf5]\\xcf\\xc3\\xed?\\xd88\\x1dj{U\\x1fw\\x8b\\xa3\\xaf\\x8d\\xd0|\\xd4e1\\xae$\\xabH\\xf7\\xcd\\x92\\x166(U\\x99\\x12o\\x94\\x82\\x9c\\xd9\\xf3\\xa7\\x9fjW\\xea \\nNX*\\xbe\\x1f\\xa9\\x18`\\xec\\xd9\\xc1\\x8c\\x87C\\x18\\x01\\\\\\x94\\x05\\xa1$\\x19\\x8d/T\\xcaG\\xf2\\x1c\\x8a\\xbb\\xcb\\x90\\xd7\\xf6\\x1eaZ\\xff\\xaa\\xe2\\x8d\\xe9\\x93a\\x12\\xad\\x0f\\xd2<c\\xe5\\x94\\x80NR.\\x9f\\[email protected]\\rM\\xa4\\x84\\xe3\\xa5\\xbal'\\xcb\\xfa\\x01\\xfbX83"

In [3]: s.encode('utf-8')
Out[3]: b"x\\xda\\x15\\xc1m\\x13B0\\x00\\x00\\xe0_\\xe4NY\\x97>\\xf8`\\xde\\xc6e\\xa1X\\xe7\\xcb\\x8eU\\x13S\\xcd\\x14\\xfa\\xf5]\\xcf\\xc3\\xed?\\xd88\\x1dj{U\\x1fw\\x8b\\xa3\\xaf\\x8d\\xd0|\\xd4e1\\xae$\\xabH\\xf7\\xcd\\x92\\x166(U\\x99\\x12o\\x94\\x82\\x9c\\xd9\\xf3\\xa7\\x9fjW\\xea \\nNX*\\xbe\\x1f\\xa9\\x18`\\xec\\xd9\\xc1\\x8c\\x87C\\x18\\x01\\\\\\x94\\x05\\xa1$\\x19\\x8d/T\\xcaG\\xf2\\x1c\\x8a\\xbb\\xcb\\x90\\xd7\\xf6\\x1eaZ\\xff\\xaa\\xe2\\x8d\\xe9\\x93a\\x12\\xad\\x0f\\xd2<c\\xe5\\x94\\x80NR.\\x9f\\[email protected]\\rM\\xa4\\x84\\xe3\\xa5\\xbal'\\xcb\\xfa\\x01\\xfbX83"

In [4]: type(s.encode('utf-8'))
Out[4]: bytes