Error with 2.5

[caduvieira]

Code Example:

test_ijson.py

import json
import ijson
import codecs

with codecs.open('test.json', encoding="utf-8") as json_file:
    form = ijson.items(json_file, 'menu.test_items.item')
    print(form)
    forms = (o for o in form)
    print(forms)
    for objects in forms:
        pass

test.json

{"menu": {"header": "SVG Viewer","test_items": [{"id": "Open"},{"id": "OpenNew", "label": "Open New"},{"id": "ZoomIn", "label": "Zoom In"},{"id": "ZoomOut", "label": "Zoom Out"},{"id": "OriginalView", "label": "Original View"},{"id": "Quality"},{"id": "Pause"},{"id": "Mute"},{"id": "Find", "label": "Find..."}]}}

Result:

<_yajl2.items object at 0x7fb21010f650>
<generator object at 0x7fb2100e0c00>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test_ijson.py", line 11, in
for objects in forms:
File "test_ijson.py", line 9, in
forms = (o for o in form)
TypeError: expected bytes, str found

If I import the python backend as ijson everthing went fine.

[jpmckinney]

You need to open the file in binary mode e.g. codecs.open('test.json', mode='rb', encoding='utf-8')

[rtobar]

Or simply with open('test.json', 'rb')

[caduvieira]

Don't work if opens with encoding. Only works with binary and without encoding.
Thanks for the reply!