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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"HTTPError fp.read returns string instead of bytes ","articleBody":"Due to https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/99966/files\r\n\r\nHowever, this returns a bytes stream on the live run:\r\n\r\n```python\r\nfrom http import HTTPStatus\r\nfrom mailbox import Message\r\nfrom urllib.error import HTTPError\r\nfrom urllib.request import urlopen\r\n\r\ntry:\r\n    urlopen(\"http://asadsad.sd\")\r\nexcept HTTPError as exception:\r\n    content = exception.fp.read()\r\n    print(type(content))\r\n\r\nerror = HTTPError(url=\"url\", code=HTTPStatus.IM_A_TEAPOT, msg=\"msg\", hdrs=Message(), fp=None)\r\nprint(type(error.fp.read()))\r\n```\r\n```\r\n\u003cclass 'bytes'\u003e\r\n\u003cclass 'str'\u003e\r\n```\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-102100\n* gh-102117\n* gh-102118\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/gaborbernat","@type":"Person","name":"gaborbernat"},"datePublished":"2023-02-15T17:56:45.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":8},"url":"https://github.com/101936/cpython/issues/101936"}