tf.compat.as_bytes

Converts bytearray, bytes, or unicode python input types to bytes.

tf.compat.as_bytes(
    bytes_or_text, encoding='utf-8'
)

Used in the notebooks

Used in the tutorials

Uses utf-8 encoding for text by default.

bytes_or_text A bytearray, bytes, str, or unicode object.
encoding A string indicating the charset for encoding unicode.

A bytes object.

TypeError If bytes_or_text is not a binary or unicode string.