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

Correcting JRodDynamite's post:

from base64 import decodestring

png_arr= "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGg..."
png_arr = png_arr.split(",")
png_arr = png_arr[1]

fh = open("imageToSave.png", "wb")
fh.write(decodestring(png_arr))
fh.close()