imencode :
image_name = '1.jpg'
im = cv.imread(image_name)
img_encode = cv.imencode('.jpg', im)[1]
data_encode = np.array(img_encode)
img = data_encode.tostring()
imdecode :
nparr = np.fromstring(img, np.uint8)
img_decode = cv.imdecode(nparr, 1)
cv.imshow("img_decode", img_decode)