tf.compat.as_bytes

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