add encoding from base64

app.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 print('INFO: import modules')
+import base64
 from flask import Flask, request
 import json
 import pickle
@@ -45,8 +46,10 @@ def test():
 @app.route("/predict", methods=['POST'])
 def read_root():
     data = request.json
-    print(data)
-    text = str(data['text'])
+    base64_bytes = str(data['text']).encode("ascii")
+    sample_string_bytes = base64.b64decode(base64_bytes)
+    text = sample_string_bytes.decode("ascii")
+    # text = str(data['text'])
     top_n = int(data['top_n'])
 
     if top_n < 1: