import boto3 import os import sys sys.path.append(os.getcwd()) from pullTrafficInfo import getTrafficInfo import base64 import emoji session = boto3.Session(profile_name='plex-aws') sqs = session.resource('sqs') # queue = sqs.create_queue(QueueName='test', Attributes={'DelaySeconds': '5'}) inst = getTrafficInfo.getTrafficURL('A50').findIncidents() \ .getIncidentInformation().generateOutput() inst.output encoded = base64.b64encode(inst.output[0].encode()) decoded = base64.b64decode(encoded).decode()