1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/obsapi/helpers.py b/obsapi/helpers.py
index 6912035..be20a31 100644
--- a/obsapi/helpers.py
+++ b/obsapi/helpers.py
@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ def xml2etree(xml):
         return etree.parse(BytesIO(xml), parser).xpath('.')[0]
     except Exception as e:
         raise e
+
+
+def as_string(obj):
+    if isinstance(obj, bytes):
+        return obj.decode('utf-8')
+    else:
+        return str(obj)