Typeerror a bytes like object is required not str is a Python error which occurs when your data is not encoded.
In this Blog article, I am going to solve the error while trying to explain it, we will see why the error is happening, I will also introduce some solutions which I have tried and have worked for other developers.
Explaining the Error : Typeerror a bytes like object is required not str
The error happens when your data is not encoded properly.
The error is easy to replicate, this is how the error message looks like.
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Please Input the name of the index:ryblou
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\srinath files\NETWORKS\UDPclient.py", line 6, in <module>
clientSocket.sendto(message,(serverName, serverPort))
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'
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Usually, this error occurs when you do not encode your data the correct way.
To help you solve this problem, Bellow I will present multiple solutions some have worked for me and others have worked for other developers.
Solution 1 : .encode() and .decode() your data
The common solution to the issue is to encode the data and decode it.
First, the fix is to edit the sendto function, it is this line in the original code that throws the error
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clientSocket.sendto(message,(serverName, serverPort))
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After introducing .encode() to encode the data, the code above is replaced by the code bellow
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clientSocket.sendto(message.encode(),(serverName, serverPort))
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Please note that to receive the data like it was when you first sent it, you should decode the received message/data by using .decode()
Solution 2 : The ‘b‘ Solution
This is not a fully alternative solution but you can consider it a complementary fix which accompanies the first solution.
You can use message.encode(‘utf-8’) if you need to pass a byte to the server and not a string. This does not apply to the example above but maybe this is what you want to do.
Also, alternatively add ‘b‘ in the data you want to send like this:
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request = client.send(b"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: google.com\r\n\r\n")
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Summing-up
I hope this article helped you solve the error Typeerror a bytes like object is required not str, If not, I hope the solutions presented here guided you.
Keep coding guys and cheers, see you in another Blog post. If you want to learn more about Python, please check out the Python Documentation : https://docs.python.org/3/