text: """Helper functions"""
  
  import base64
  from sys import version_info
  
  def bytes_to_base64(in_bytes: bytes) -> str:
      """Converts bytes to base64-encoded str using the appropriate system version.
      """
      if version_info >= (3, 0):
          return str(base64.b64encode(in_bytes), encoding="utf-8")
      else:
          return str(base64.b64encode(in_bytes)).encode("utf-8")
  