convert hex encoded string to ASCII

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this why i added the 2nd call to codecs.decode(,"ascii")

You don't need a second call,just add .decode('utf-8').

>>> codecs.decode("707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f", "hex").decode('utf-8')
'python-forum.io'

It will work the same in Python 2.x

>>> codecs.decode("707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f", "hex").decode('utf-8')
u'python-forum.io'

Strings are Unicode by default in Python 3.x.

>>> u'python-forum.io' == 'python-forum.io'
True