Convert base-2 binary number string to int

I’d simply like to convert a base-2 binary number string into an int, something like this:

>>> '11111111'.fromBinaryToInt()
255

Is there a way to do this in Python?

You use the built-in int() function, and pass it the base of the input number, i.e. 2 for a binary number:

>>> int('11111111', 2)
255

Here is documentation for Python 2, and for Python 3.