Decode string with hex characters in python 2

Question

I have a hex string and i want to convert it utf8 to insert mysql. (my database is utf8)

hex_string = \'kitap ara\\xfet\\xfdrmas\\xfd\'
...
result = \'kitap          


        

Answer 1

Assuming Python 2.6,

>>> print('kitap ara\xfet\xfdrmas\xfd'.decode('iso-8859-9'))
kitap araştırması
>>> 'kitap ara\xfet\xfdrmas\xfd'.decode('iso-8859-9').encode('utf-8')
'kitap ara\xc5\x9ft\xc4\xb1rmas\xc4\xb1'