create_token should return a string

Author: pterk

stream_chat/client.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def create_token(self, user_id, exp=None):
         payload = {"user_id": user_id}
         if exp is not None:
             payload["exp"] = exp
-        return jwt.encode(payload, self.api_secret, algorithm="HS256")
+        return jwt.encode(payload, self.api_secret, algorithm="HS256").decode()
 
     def update_app_settings(self, **settings):
         return self.patch("app", data=settings)

stream_chat/tests/test_client.py

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def test_update_channel_type(self, client):
 
     def test_create_token(self, client):
         token = client.create_token("tommaso")
+        assert type(token) is str
         payload = jwt.decode(token, client.api_secret, algorithms=["HS256"])
         assert payload.get("user_id") == "tommaso"