Fix issue with JSON encoding and decoding. (#2)

Author: Mike Stegeman

gateway_addon/addon_manager_proxy.py

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def send(self, msg_type, data):
             self.ipc_client.plugin_socket.send(json.dumps({
                 'messageType': msg_type,
                 'data': data,
-            }))
+            }).encode('utf-8'))
         except NNError as e:
             print('AddonManagerProxy: Failed to send message: {}'.format(e))
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def recv(self):
                 continue
 
             try:
-                msg = json.loads(msg)
+                msg = json.loads(msg.decode('utf-8'))
             except ValueError:
                 print('AddonManagerProxy: Error parsing message as JSON')
                 continue

gateway_addon/ipc.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self, plugin_id, verbose=False):
                 'data': {
                     'pluginId': plugin_id,
                 }
-            }))
+            }).encode('utf-8'))
         except NNError as e:
             print('IpcClient: Failed to send message: {}'.format(e))
             return
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def __init__(self, plugin_id, verbose=False):
             print('IpcClient: Received manager message: {}'.format(resp))
 
         try:
-            resp = json.loads(resp)
+            resp = json.loads(resp.decode('utf-8'))
             if not resp or 'messageType' not in resp or \
                     resp['messageType'] != 'registerPluginReply':
                 raise ValueError()