Fix googleapis#2519, py3.5 encoding issue.

daspecster · daspecster · commit 83000e917de6 · 2016-10-09T13:25:30.000-04:00
diff --git a/speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py b/speech/google/cloud/speech/client.py
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ def _build_request_data(sample, language_code=None, max_alternatives=None,
     :returns: Dictionary with required data for Google Speech API.
     """
     if sample.content is not None:
-        audio = {'content': b64encode(_to_bytes(sample.content))}
+        audio = {'content':
+                 b64encode(_to_bytes(sample.content)).decode('ascii')}
     else:
         audio = {'uri': sample.source_uri}
 
diff --git a/speech/unit_tests/test_client.py b/speech/unit_tests/test_client.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ def test_sync_recognize_content_with_optional_parameters(self):
         from google.cloud.speech.sample import Sample
         from unit_tests._fixtures import SYNC_RECOGNIZE_RESPONSE
 
-        _B64_AUDIO_CONTENT = base64.b64encode(_to_bytes(self.AUDIO_CONTENT))
+        _B64_AUDIO_CONTENT = (base64.b64encode(_to_bytes(self.AUDIO_CONTENT))
+                              .decode('ascii'))
         RETURNED = SYNC_RECOGNIZE_RESPONSE
         REQUEST = {
             'config': {
