def _decode(self, value):
        """Decode bytes to UTF-8 strings as a singe value, list, or dict.

        :param mixed value: The value to decode
        :rtype: mixed

        """
        if isinstance(value, list):
            return [self._decode(v) for v in value]
        elif isinstance(value, dict):
            return {self._decode(k): self._decode(v)
                    for k, v in value.items()}
        elif isinstance(value, bytes):
            return value.decode('utf-8')
        return value
def _decode ( self , value ) : if isinstance ( value , list ) : return [ self . _decode ( v ) for v in value ] elif isinstance ( value , dict ) : return { self . _decode ( k ) : self . _decode ( v ) for k , v in value . items ( ) } elif isinstance ( value , bytes ) : return value . decode ( 'utf-8' ) return value
Decode bytes to UTF-8 strings as a singe value, list, or dict.

        :param mixed value: The value to decode
        :rtype: mixed