AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'n' with encrypt function implentation

[DRISHTANT-DUBEY]

I have been trying to peruse my implentation error im parameters to the encrypt function of your package and seems like the problem wis the way i am passing my public key to the function as params
Error is mentioned in second paragraph

def encrypt(message, key):
    return rsa.encrypt(message.encode('ascii'), key)

publicKey, privateKey = loadKeys()
ciphertext = encrypt(orignal, publicKey)
signature = sign(orignal, privateKey)
text = decrypt(ciphertext, privateKey)

File "C:\Users\dubdri01\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\rsa\pkcs1.py", line 194, in encrypt
    keylength = common.byte_size(pub_key.n)
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'n'

pls help me out to navigate this error

[myheroyuki]

The error suggests you're passing in the wrong type to rsa.encrypt for the key argument. It should be type rsa.key.PublicKey. It's hard to diagnose anything else since you've omitted the code for loadKeys. Please see the documentation for correct usage. That has everything you need!

[sybrenstuvel]

Thanks @myheroyuki for helping out. I'll assume that the issue has been resolved.