title: difference between python and node base64 decoding
body: <p>I am puzzled at this base64 decoding issue, and it seems that python and node.js does this differently. Node does this correctly I believe. Could anyone help point out why python does not work here?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>
  
  <p>Node</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; console.log(Buffer.from('Im3Osc6_z4HPgc-J==', 'base64').toString());
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  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Python</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; from base64 import decodestring
  &gt;&gt;&gt; print decodestring('Im3Osc6_z4HPgc-J==')
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  </code></pre>