How to parse data-uri in python?

Question

HTML image elements have this simplified format:

That something can be data-uri, for example:

Answer 1

Split the data URI on the comma to get the base64 encoded data without the header. Call base64.b64decode to decode that to bytes. Last, write the bytes to a file.

from base64 import b64decode

data_uri = "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGg..."

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