python3 type eror for getAPinfo()

[pandazc31]

i try to follow your tutorial as per bellow picture

but i got some error like this picture

there is any solution ?

[pandazc31]

in this case it was clear ,i was using python 2 it's work

[vladivanovic]

@pandazc31 looks like you need to go to the init.py file and add a line to line 68 to convert the output to utf-8 - the exact code is here: #11

[vladivanovic]

ok maybe that didn't fix it for me either... looks like some digging needed.

Python 3.8.5 (default, May 27 2021, 13:30:53)
[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
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import rssi
interface = 'wlan0'
rssi_scanner = rssi.RSSI_Scan(interface)
ap_info = rssi_scanner.getAPinfo(sudo=True)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/home/vlad/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rssi/init.py", line 305, in getAPinfo
all_access_points = self.formatCells(raw_scan_output)
File "/home/vlad/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rssi/init.py", line 203, in formatCells
raw_cells = raw_cell_string.split('Cell') # Divide raw string into raw cells.
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

[vladivanovic]

Just checking now, the Github version of RSSI vs the pip3 version is dramatically different, going to try and see what happens if I use the Github version.

[nabsha]

Getting the same error on raspberry pi, any plans to resolve the issues and update pip please?

[ksirirux]

$ pip show rssi #to find location library

go to library

add raw_output= raw_output.decode("utf-8")

It work !!