code: def _as_text(s):
      if isinstance(s, bytes):
          return s.decode("utf-8")
      return s
  
imports: from concurrent import futures
  import datetime
  import json
  import logging
  import os
  import time
  import urllib
  from absl import flags
label_desc: Use image node_id 8 for calling a global function with example usage: _as_text(s) and returns: s, s