TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object #243
Description
Python version 3.7.7
flanker version 0.9.11
from flanker.addresslib import address
address.validate_address(<custom domaian email address>)
----> 1 address.validate_address('custom domaian email address')
~/.virtualenvs/newvenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flanker/utils.py in wrapper(*args, **kwargs)
62 @wraps(f)
63 def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
---> 64 return_value = f(*args, **kwargs)
65 if 'metrics' in kwargs and kwargs['metrics'] == True:
66 #return all values
~/.virtualenvs/newvenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flanker/addresslib/address.py in validate_address(addr_spec, metrics, skip_remote_checks)
321 # lookup custom local-part grammar if it exists
322 bstart = time()
--> 323 plugin = plugin_for_esp(exchanger)
324 mtimes['custom_grammar'] = time() - bstart
325 if plugin and plugin.validate(paddr) is False:
~/.virtualenvs/newvenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flanker/addresslib/validate.py in plugin_for_esp(mail_exchanger)
127 """
128 for grammar in _CUSTOM_GRAMMAR_LIST:
--> 129 if grammar[0].match(mail_exchanger):
130 return grammar[1]
131
TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
I found the fix
flanker/flanker/addresslib/address.py line 322
from
plugin = plugin_for_esp(exchanger)
to
plugin = plugin_for_esp(exchanger.decode('utf-8'))