def standardize_input_data(data):
    """
    Ensure utf-8 encoded strings are passed to the indico API
    """
    if type(data) == bytes:
        data = data.decode('utf-8')
    if type(data) == list:
        data = [
            el.decode('utf-8') if type(data) == bytes else el
            for el in data
        ]
    return data
def standardize_input_data ( data ) : if type ( data ) == bytes : data = data . decode ( 'utf-8' ) if type ( data ) == list : data = [ el . decode ( 'utf-8' ) if type ( data ) == bytes else el for el in data ] return data
Ensure utf-8 encoded strings are passed to the indico API