From 365a0bb2044ecfd676351b739bb9a1986038ffb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralf Ertzinger <ralf@skytale.net>
Date: Jul 13 2022 09:53:59 +0000
Subject: Fix python3 type issues in bridge code


This fixes two instances of type errors encoutered when running sigul
under F34/python3.9

Signed-off-by: Ralf Ertzinger <ralf@skytale.net>

---

diff --git a/src/bridge.py b/src/bridge.py
index dae87f5..67dd153 100644
--- a/src/bridge.py
+++ b/src/bridge.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class StringField(Field):
     def validate(self, value):
         super(StringField, self).validate(value)
         if value is not None:
-            value = value.decode('utf-8')
+            value = six.ensure_text(value)
             if not utils.string_is_safe(value):
                 raise InvalidRequestError(
                     'Field {0!s} is not printable'.format(
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class YYYYMMDDField(Field):
     def validate(self, value):
         super(YYYYMMDDField, self).validate(value)
         if value is not None:
-            value = value.decode('utf-8')
+            value = six.ensure_text(value)
             if not utils.yyyy_mm_dd_is_valid(value):
                 raise InvalidRequestError(
                     'Field {0!s} is not a valid date'.format(self.name))