str-bytes

str(bytes, encoding="utf-8")

  In [4]: type(b)  
  Out[4]: bytes  

  In [7]: c = str(b, encoding="utf-8")  

  In [8]: type(c)  
  Out[8]: str  

bytes.decode(bytes)

  In [14]: type(z)  
  Out[14]: bytes  

  In [15]: m = bytes.decode(z)  

  In [16]: type(m)  
  Out[16]: str  

repr(bytes)

  In [7]: a = b"12345"   

  In [8]: type(a)   
  Out[8]: bytes   

  In [9]: b = repr(a)   

  In [10]: type(b)   
  Out[10]: str   

  In [11]: print(b)   
  b'12345'   

bytes(string, encoding='utf-8')

  In [2]: type(a)  
  Out[2]: str  

  In [3]: b = bytes(a, encoding="utf-8")  

  In [4]: type(b)  
  Out[4]: bytes  

str.encode(str)

  In [13]: type(a)  
  Out[13]: str  

  In [12]: z = str.encode(a)  

  In [14]: type(z)  
  Out[14]: bytes