From d232cfa5f94c71d013cf0c678b45734c701d1609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Feanil Patel <feanil@edx.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:08:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Encode to bytes not decode to unicode.

---
 recommender/recommender.py | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/recommender/recommender.py b/recommender/recommender.py
index 920527d..e1922e1 100644
--- a/recommender/recommender.py
+++ b/recommender/recommender.py
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def _check_upload_file(self, request, file_types, file_type_error_msg, event, fi
             response = Response()
             tracker.emit(event, {'uploadedFileName': 'FILE_TYPE_ERROR'})
             response.status = 415
-            response.body = json.dumps({'error': file_type_error_msg}).decode('utf-8')
+            response.body = json.dumps({'error': file_type_error_msg}).encode('utf-8')
             response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
             return response
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ def _check_upload_file(self, request, file_types, file_type_error_msg, event, fi
             response = Response()
             tracker.emit(event, {'uploadedFileName': 'FILE_SIZE_ERROR'})
             response.status = 413
-            response.body = json.dumps({'error': self.ugettext('Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold')}).decode('utf-8')
+            response.body = json.dumps({'error': self.ugettext('Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold')}).encode('utf-8')
             response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
             return response
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ def _raise_pyfs_error(self, event):
         error = self.ugettext('The configuration of pyfs is not properly set')
         tracker.emit(event, {'uploadedFileName': 'IMPROPER_FS_SETUP'})
         response.status = 404
-        response.body = json.dumps({'error': error}).decode('utf-8')
+        response.body = json.dumps({'error': error}).encode('utf-8')
         response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
         return response
 
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ def upload_screenshot(self, request, _suffix=''):  # pylint: disable=unused-argu
             return self._raise_pyfs_error('upload_screenshot')
 
         response = Response()
-        response.body = json.dumps({'file_name': str("fs://" + file_name)}).decode('utf-8')
+        response.body = json.dumps({'file_name': str("fs://" + file_name)}).encode('utf-8')
         response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
         tracker.emit('upload_screenshot',
                      {'uploadedFileName': response.body})
@@ -883,14 +883,14 @@ def import_resources(self, request, _suffix=''):
             data['recommendations'] = self.recommendations
 
             tracker.emit('import_resources', {'Status': 'SUCCESS', 'data': data})
-            response.body = json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True).decode('utf-8')
+            response.body = json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True).encode('utf-8')
             response.status = 200
             return response
         except (ValueError, KeyError):
             response.status = 415
             response.body = json.dumps(
                 {'error': self.ugettext('Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button')}
-            ).decode('utf-8')
+            ).encode('utf-8')
             tracker.emit('import_resources', {'Status': 'FILE_FORMAT_ERROR'})
             return response
         except IOError:

From afd00cd387de685ba2fa601fd4c71a5f85dddd68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Feanil Patel <feanil@edx.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:10:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update version.

---
 setup.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bdde8f4..6e0968c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def package_data(pkg, root_list):
 
 setup(
     name='recommender-xblock',
-    version='1.4.3',
+    version='1.4.4',
     description='recommender XBlock',   # TODO: write a better description.
     long_description=README,
     author='edX',