Adding bytes to _RequestData

[Massakera]

Summary

This PR adds bytes to _RequestData in the testclient.py.

fix #2296

Checklist

• I understand that this PR may be closed in case there was no previous discussion. (This doesn't apply to typos!)
• I've added a test for each change that was introduced, and I tried as much as possible to make a single atomic change.
• I've updated the documentation accordingly.