in datahub/utils/converters.py [0:0]
def to_text(binary, encoding='utf-8'):
if binary is None:
return binary
if isinstance(binary, (six.binary_type, bytearray)):
return binary.decode(encoding)
elif isinstance(binary, six.text_type):
return binary
return str(binary) if six.PY3 else str(binary).decode(encoding)