Convert PDF file to Base64, better way for send files through an API or saving to a DB

pdf_to_base64.py

'''
1) Declare the path of the file (Absolute path or relative)
2) Open using 'with' statement
3) Create the base64 bytes then "translate" to ascii format, save it to encode_string var
4) Print the encoded string in base64
'''
file_path = './somefile.pdf'
with open(file_path, 'rb') as file:
  encoded_string = base64.b64encode(file.read()).decode('ascii')
  print(f"File in Base64: {encoded_string}")