Python: Ignore 'Incorrect padding' error when base64 decoding

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I have some data that is base64 encoded that I want to convert back to binary even if there is a padding error in it. If I use

base64.decodestring(b64_string)

it raises an 'Incorrect padding' error. Is there another way?

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