fix: removed decode call

Author: satra

nipype/utils/provenance.py

@@ -120,27 +120,28 @@ def safe_encode(x, as_literal=True):
     if x is None:
         value = "Unknown"
         if as_literal:
-            return pm.Literal(value.decode('utf-8'), pm.XSD['string'])
+            return pm.Literal(value, pm.XSD['string'])
         else:
             return value
     try:
         if isinstance(x, (str, string_types)):
+            iflogger.info(type(x))
             if os.path.exists(x):
                 value = 'file://%s%s' % (getfqdn(), x)
                 if not as_literal:
                     return value
                 try:
                     return pm.URIRef(value)
                 except AttributeError:
-                    return pm.Literal(value.decode('utf-8'), pm.XSD['anyURI'])
+                    return pm.Literal(value, pm.XSD['anyURI'])
             else:
                 if len(x) > max_text_len:
                     value = x[:max_text_len - 13] + ['...Clipped...']
                 else:
                     value = x
                 if not as_literal:
                     return value
-                return pm.Literal(value.decode('utf-8'), pm.XSD['string'])
+                return pm.Literal(value, pm.XSD['string'])
         if isinstance(x, int):
             if not as_literal:
                 return x
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ def safe_encode(x, as_literal=True):
                     outdict[key] = encoded_value
             if not as_literal:
                 return simplejson.dumps(outdict)
-            return pm.Literal(simplejson.dumps(outdict).decode('utf-8'), pm.XSD['string'])
+            return pm.Literal(simplejson.dumps(outdict), pm.XSD['string'])
         if isinstance(x, list):
             try:
                 nptype = np.array(x).dtype
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ def safe_encode(x, as_literal=True):
                 outlist = x
             if not as_literal:
                 return simplejson.dumps(outlist)
-            return pm.Literal(simplejson.dumps(outlist).decode('utf-8'), pm.XSD['string'])
+            return pm.Literal(simplejson.dumps(outlist), pm.XSD['string'])
         if not as_literal:
             return dumps(x)
         return pm.Literal(dumps(x), nipype_ns['pickle'])
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ def safe_encode(x, as_literal=True):
         value = "Could not encode: " + str(e)
         if not as_literal:
             return value
-        return pm.Literal(value.decode('utf-8'), pm.XSD['string'])
+        return pm.Literal(value, pm.XSD['string'])
 
 
 def prov_encode(graph, value, create_container=True):