TypeError: POST data should be bytes, an iterable of bytes, or a file object. It cannot be of type str.

[glandium]

Running the delete command with the client fails with this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/tooltool/client/tooltool.py", line 1713, in <module>
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/tooltool/client/tooltool.py", line 1709, in main
    return 0 if process_command(options, args) else 1
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/tooltool/client/tooltool.py", line 1540, in process_command
    return delete_instances(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/tooltool/client/tooltool.py", line 1473, in delete_instances
    return send_operation_on_file(data, base_urls, digest, auth_file)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/tooltool/client/tooltool.py", line 1450, in send_operation_on_file
    urllib2.urlopen(req)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 216, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 516, in open
    req = meth(req)
          ^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 1279, in do_request_
    raise TypeError(msg)

That being said, even with that fixed up, delete doesn't seem to work.

[jcristau]

That being said, even with that fixed up, delete doesn't seem to work.

Can you clarify on that part, what you tried to delete and what the outcome was?

Thanks!

[glandium]

I was trying to delete something that, it turns out, was just in a weird state, and I don't need to delete anymore (on the contrary, I need it there now). The weird state might have been the reason for the failure, but I don't have something else to delete to try.