tf.compat.as_bytes

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

Compat aliases for migration

tf.compat.v1.compat.as_bytes, `tf.compat.v2.compat.as_bytes`

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

Uses utf-8 encoding for text by default.

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

Returns
A `bytes` object.

Raises
`TypeError`	If `bytes_or_text` is not a binary or unicode string.

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https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r1.15/api_docs/python/tf/compat/as_bytes