Hex to Base64 conversion in Python

Question

I want to convert a simple HEX string such as 10000000000002ae to Base 64.

The hex string is to be converted to bytes, and the bytes are then encoded to base64 notation,

Answer 1

Python 2 has native support for both HEX and base64 encoding:

encoded = HEX_STRING.decode("hex").encode("base64")

(if you are using Python 3, see Eana Hufwe or Ali's answers instead)