Detect byte objects in python

Question

How do i detect <class 'bytes'> objects in Python?

I want something along the lines of

 if type(x) == bytes:
     doesomething(x)

Did you try the code you posted? It should work. But as the answer below notes, is would be preferred to ==. — mpontillo
– mpontillo, Commented Jul 17, 2016 at 22:27

Moses Koledoye · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-17 22:19:44Z

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You can simply do:

if type(x) is bytes

Or:

if isinstance(s, bytes)

answered Jul 17, 2016 at 22:17

Moses Koledoye

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the preferred form is isinstance - as it works with subclassing and "virtual" subclassing using ABCs