from math import ceil import base64 def byte(n): return bytes((n,)) def varint_encode(offset): '''In this encoding system, for each 8-bit byte, the first bit is 1 if there are more bytes, and 0 is this is the last one. The next 7 bits are data. These 7-bit sections represent the data in Little endian order. For example, suppose the data is aaaaaaabbbbbbbccccccc (each of these sections is 7 bits). It will be encoded as: 1ccccccc 1bbbbbbb 0aaaaaaa This encoding is used in youtube parameters to encode offsets and to encode the length for length-prefixed data. See https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/encoding#varints for more info.''' needed_bytes = ceil(offset.bit_length()/7) or 1 # (0).bit_length() returns 0, but we need 1 in that case. encoded_bytes = bytearray(needed_bytes) for i in range(0, needed_bytes - 1): encoded_bytes[i] = (offset & 127) | 128 # 7 least significant bits offset = offset >> 7 encoded_bytes[-1] = offset & 127 # leave first bit as zero for last byte return bytes(encoded_bytes) def varint_decode(encoded): decoded = 0 for i, byte in enumerate(encoded): decoded |= (byte & 127) << 7*i if not (byte & 128): break return decoded def string(field_number, data): data = as_bytes(data) return _proto_field(2, field_number, varint_encode(len(data)) + data) nested = string def uint(field_number, value): return _proto_field(0, field_number, varint_encode(value)) def _proto_field(wire_type, field_number, data): ''' See https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/encoding#structure ''' return varint_encode( (field_number << 3) | wire_type) + data def percent_b64encode(data): return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(data).replace(b'=', b'%3D') def unpadded_b64encode(data): return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(data).replace(b'=', b'') def as_bytes(value): if isinstance(value, str): return value.encode('ascii') return value