>>> codec_list = ["base64_codec", "bz2_codec", "hex_codec", "idna", "mbcs", "palmos", "punycode", "quopri_codec", "raw_unicode_escape", "rot_13", "string_escape", "unicode_escape", "unicode_internal", "uu_codec", "zlib_codec", "zip"] >>> for n in codec_list: ... try: ... print a.decode(n) ... except: ... print "Error occured while decoding with ", n ... bHmZBMuZ Error occured while decoding with bz2_codec Error occured while decoding with hex_codec YkhtWkJNdVo= Error occured while decoding with mbcs YkhtWkJNdVo= Error occured while decoding with punycode YkhtWkJNdVo YkhtWkJNdVo= LxugJxWAqIb= YkhtWkJNdVo= YkhtWkJNdVo= Error occured while decoding with unicode_internal Error occured while decoding with uu_codec Error occured while decoding with zlib_codec Error occured while decoding with zip >>>