fix CSW request byte handling (#776)

* fix CSW request byte handling * fix
geopython · May 10, 2021 · 68c73b3 · 68c73b3
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diff --git a/owslib/catalogue/csw2.py b/owslib/catalogue/csw2.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def getrecords2(self, constraints=[], sortby=None, typenames='csw:Record', esn='
         """
 
         if xml is not None:
-            if str(xml).startswith('<'):
+            if xml.startswith(b'<'):
                 self.request = etree.fromstring(xml)
                 val = self.request.find(util.nspath_eval('csw:Query/csw:ElementSetName', namespaces))
                 if val is not None:

diff --git a/owslib/catalogue/csw3.py b/owslib/catalogue/csw3.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def getrecords(self, constraints=[], sortby=None, typenames='csw30:Record', esn=
         """
 
         if xml is not None:
-            if str(xml).startswith('<'):
+            if xml.startswith(b'<'):
                 self.request = etree.fromstring(xml)
                 val = self.request.find(util.nspath_eval('csw30:Query/csw30:ElementSetName', namespaces))
                 if val is not None: