how to xor binary with python

Question

I'm trying to xor 2 binaries using python like this but my output is not in binary any help?

a = "11011111101100110110011001011101000"
b = "11001011101100111000011100001100001"
y = int(a) ^ int(b)
print y

Answer 1

a = "11011111101100110110011001011101000"
b = "11001011101100111000011100001100001"
y = int(a,2) ^ int(b,2)
print '{0:b}'.format(y)