python b64encode,python b64decode不正确的填充

I'm sending a file over small UDP packets. (python 3)

On the server I divide the file into small pieces and do

packets.append(b64encode(smallPart))

on the other side I do exactly the opposite

packets.append(b64decode(peice))

However, I keep getting (in all but on packet) Incorrect Padding exception

Is there a standard size for b64decode that I'm missing?

解决方案

Your description of what you are doing sounds OK. Choice of the input piece size affects only the efficiency. Padding bytes are minimised if the length of each input piece (except of course the last) is a multiple of 3.

You need to show us both your server code and your client code. Alternatively: on the server, log the input and the pieces transmitted. On the client, log the pieces received. Compare.

Curiosity: Why don't you just b64encode the whole string, split the encoded result however you like, transmit the pieces, at the client reassemble the pieces using b''.join(pieces) and b64decode that?

Further curiosity: I thought the contents of a UDP packet could be any old binary bunch of bytes; why are you doing base64 encoding at all?