TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not ‘bytes’

You just put it in the wrong order, innocent mistake. (In-depth answer). As courteously pointed out by wim, in some rare cases, they could opt for UTF-16 or UTF-32. These cases will be less common as the developers, in that scenario would be consciously deciding to throw away valuable bandwidth. So, if you run into … Read more

python ValueError: invalid literal for float()

I would all but guarantee that the issue is some sort of non-printing character that’s present in the value you pulled off your socket. It looks like you’re using Python 2.x, in which case you can check for them with this: You’ll likely see something in there that’s escaped in the form \x00. These non-printing characters … Read more

input() error – NameError: name ‘…’ is not defined

TL;DR input function in Python 2.7, evaluates whatever your enter, as a Python expression. If you simply want to read strings, then use raw_input function in Python 2.7, which will not evaluate the read strings. If you are using Python 3.x, raw_input has been renamed to input. Quoting the Python 3.0 release notes, raw_input() was renamed to input(). That is, the new input() function reads a … Read more

How exactly does a generator comprehension work?

Do you understand list comprehensions? If so, a generator expression is like a list comprehension, but instead of finding all the items you’re interested and packing them into list, it waits, and yields each item out of the expression, one by one. Because a generator expression only has to yield one item at a time, … Read more

In python, how can I print lines that do NOT contain a certain string, rather than print lines which DO contain a certain string:

The problem isn’t your use of not, it’s that or doesn’t mean what you think it does (and if you think it through, it couldn’t): You’re asking whether the expression (“StatusRequest” or “StatusResponse”) appears in line. But that expression is just the same thing as “StatusRequest”. Put it in English: you’re not trying to say “if neither of these is in line”. Python … Read more