How can I decode bytes in ledger fields ledger?

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I realized that block_raw is only available in V1 API.
In V2, you manually need to decode the output.
A few strings are not proper UTF-8, so when decoding you need to force raw decoding:

import algosdk.v2client
import msgpack

algod_address = "https://algoexplorerapi.io"
algod_token = ""
algod_headers = {"User-Agent":  "DoYouLoveMe?"}

clientV2 = algosdk.v2client.algod.AlgodClient(algod_token, algod_address, algod_headers)

block = msgpack.loads(
    clientV2.block_info(17829107, response_format="msgpack"),
    raw=True,
    strict_map_key=False
)

print(block)