This is my solution for python 3.7 and without using PIL
import base64
def readb64(uri):
encoded_data = uri.split(',')[1]
nparr = np.fromstring(base64.b64decode(encoded_data), np.uint8)
img = cv2.imdecode(nparr, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
return img
i hope that this solutions works for all