In python, how to convert a hex ascii string to raw internal binary string?

Question

In python, how to convert a hex ASCII string to binary string?

Example:

01000001B8000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D

Answer 1

import base64
data = base64.b16decode("01000001B8000102030405")