Fix Issue8123 - TypeError in urllib when trying to use HTTP authentication
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 6c4b5f7..24a4797 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -1591,13 +1591,13 @@
if proxy_passwd:
import base64
- proxy_auth = base64.b64encode(proxy_passwd).strip()
+ proxy_auth = base64.b64encode(proxy_passwd.encode()).strip()
else:
proxy_auth = None
if user_passwd:
import base64
- auth = base64.b64encode(user_passwd).strip()
+ auth = base64.b64encode(user_passwd.encode()).strip()
else:
auth = None
http_conn = connection_factory(host)