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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"KV value is returned in bytes rather than string when using Python 3 ","articleBody":"`consul_api.kv.get()` is supposed to return:\r\n```\r\n                {\r\n                    \"CreateIndex\": 100,\r\n                    \"ModifyIndex\": 200,\r\n                    \"LockIndex\": 200,\r\n                    \"Key\": \"foo\",\r\n                    \"Flags\": 0,\r\n                    \"Value\": \"bar\",\r\n                    \"Session\": \"adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e\"\r\n                }\r\n```\r\n\r\nIt is true for Python 2.\r\nWhen using Python 3, there is a minor difference for `Value` field:\r\n```\r\n                    \"Value\": b'bar',\r\n```\r\nwhich is bytes, not a string.\r\n\r\nThus, it makes Ansible [consul_kv](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/consul_kv_module.html) module, for example, not working properly as it badly [compares](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/consul_kv.py#L201) string value coming from `consul_api.kv.get()`:\r\n```\r\n\u003e\u003e\u003e b'abc' == 'abc'\r\nFalse\r\n```\r\nSuggestion: to return value as a string to make it working for Python 3 the same way as for 2.\r\n```\r\n\u003e\u003e\u003e b'abc'.decode() == 'abc'\r\nTrue\r\n```\r\nI am sure noone is going to put `b'text'` as a value into Consul KV as it will be stored exactly that way which seems to be a garbage.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/roman-vynar","@type":"Person","name":"roman-vynar"},"datePublished":"2017-10-05T20:49:23.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/172/python-consul/issues/172"}