this is the code :

f = urllib.urlopen('http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search= 0x58e9390daf8c5bf3') #Retrieve the public key from PKS

data = f.read()
decoded_bytes = base64.b64decode(data)
print decoded_bytes

i need to convert the key in MIME encoded form which is presently comes in (ascii armored) radix 64 format.for that i have to get this radix64 format in its binary form and also need to remove its header and checksum than coversion in MIME format but i didnt find any method which can do this conversion.

i used the base64.b64decode method and its give me error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "RetEnc.py", line 12, in ?
    decoded_bytes = base64.b64decode(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/base64.py", line 76, in b64decode
    raise TypeError(msg)
TypeError: Incorrect padding

what to do i'didnt getting .can anybody suggest me something related to this......

thanks!!!!