TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

[KevinGeLe]

GPT-Pilot (commit): 930
OS: Ubuntu 22.04
Python: 3.9

Wouldn't it be easier to just check if it was an object or a string. Instead of just halting?

[senko]

This should always be a string, so the fact this crashed means there's a bug somewhere else in the code that calls this. Did the project (where this crashed) have non-text files (eg. images, favicons, zip files, stuff like that)?

[KevinGeLe]

This should always be a string, so the fact this crashed means there's a bug somewhere else in the code that calls this. Did the project (where this crashed) have non-text files (eg. images, favicons, zip files, stuff like that)?

It only had .js and .db from sqlite3. The database wasnt corrupt as i could navigate the tables and .js runs without error. But gpt-pilot had some problems where it did not create the .db the first few tries.

[notnitsuj]

I'm having the same issue. Looking into the workspace directory, I can see that it has created some non-text files like webpack and some in node_modules. How can I deal with this?

[kingshah13]

me too

[clickbrain]

Just got the same error after I believe 19 dev steps. Also, when I go back to try to run it again using the path stipulated from beginning of the run, get the same error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/main.py", line 77, in
project.start()
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/Project.py", line 141, in start
self.developer.start_coding()
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/agents/Developer.py", line 65, in start_coding
self.implement_task(i, dev_task)
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/agents/Developer.py", line 112, in implement_task
result = self.execute_task(convo_dev_task,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/agents/Developer.py", line 399, in execute_task
result = self.step_command_run(convo, step, i, success_with_cli_response=need_to_see_output)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/agents/Developer.py", line 194, in step_command_run
return run_command_until_success(convo, data['command'],
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/cli.py", line 509, in run_command_until_success
success = convo.agent.debugger.debug(convo, {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/Debugger.py", line 75, in debug
result = self.agent.project.developer.execute_task(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/agents/Developer.py", line 424, in execute_task
result = self.step_test(convo, test_command)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/agents/Developer.py", line 258, in step_test
should_rerun_command = convo.send_message('dev_ops/should_rerun_command.prompt', test_command)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/AgentConvo.py", line 85, in send_message
self.replace_files()
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/AgentConvo.py", line 192, in replace_files
msg['content'] = self.replace_file_content(msg['content'], f"{file['path']}/{file['name']}", file['content'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/AgentConvo.py", line 219, in replace_file_content
new_content_escaped = self.escape_specials(new_content)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/bradn/Documents/AI/gptpilot/gpt-pilot/pilot/helpers/AgentConvo.py", line 195, in escape_specials
s = s.replace("\", "\\")
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

[clickbrain]

Per #363 I didn't send any files to the LLM and got this message. Anything having to do with binary files was generated by. gptpilot if that was the cause, but I don't think it was.

[dsitnik]

@clickbrain @senko
I changed the function escape_specials in AgentConvo and it fixed the issue for me. I don't know what could be causing the error.

    def escape_specials(self, s):
        try:
            # Try decoding with utf-8
            if isinstance(s, bytes):
                s = s.decode('utf-8')
        except UnicodeDecodeError:
            try:
                # Try another encoding if UTF-8 fails
                s = s.decode('iso-8859-1')
            except UnicodeDecodeError:
                # Handle cases where decoding fails
                s = s.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
        s = s.replace("\\", "\\\\")

        # List of sequences to preserve
        sequences_to_preserve = [
            # todo check if needed "\\\\",  # Backslash - note: probably not eg. paths on Windows
            "\\'",  # Single quote
            '\\"',  # Double quote
            # todo check if needed '\\a',  # ASCII Bell (BEL)
            # todo check if needed '\\b',  # ASCII Backspace (BS) - note: different from regex \b
            # todo check if needed '\\f',  # ASCII Formfeed (FF)
            '\\n',  # ASCII Linefeed (LF)
            # todo check if needed '\\r',  # ASCII Carriage Return (CR)
            '\\t',  # ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB)
            # todo check if needed '\\v'  # ASCII Vertical Tab (VT)
        ]

        for seq in sequences_to_preserve:
            s = s.replace('\\\\' + seq[-1], seq)
        return s