title: strange python dictionary?
body: <p>new to python here. Been trying this for quite a while now; would really appreciate some help.</p>
  
  <p>I thought to try my hand at pulling data from an api, and what i got is a very long dictionary ( or at least i think its an dictionary )</p>
  
  <pre><code>response = requests.get('https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/finance_products')
  print(response.content)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>can anyone give me any pointers on how to manipulate the results ?</p>
  
  <p>I can't call the dictionary. </p>
  
  <p>First few characters of it :</p>
  
  <p><code>b'[{"platform":"Binance Savings","identifier":"CCOCOS30DAYSS001","supply_rate_percentage":"6.0","borrow_rate_percentage":null,"number_duration":null,"length_duration":null,"start_at":0,"end_at":0,"value_at":0,"redeem_at":0},{"platform":"DDEX Lending","identifier":</code> etc etc</p>
  
  <p>i'm not sure why there is a b' at the front.</p>
  
  <p>Sorry if this isn't a clear question.</p>