X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/e61df48303291900581ef4a64dcf97864598c5f4..5537e5bf057097f4f059ceabee3cdd381eb3985e:/sdk/python/arvados/errors.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/errors.py b/sdk/python/arvados/errors.py
index c9eda2d1c9..4fe1f76543 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/errors.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/errors.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 # errors.py - Arvados-specific exceptions.
 
 import json
@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 class ApiError(apiclient_errors.HttpError):
     def _get_reason(self):
         try:
-            return '; '.join(json.loads(self.content)['errors'])
+            return '; '.join(json.loads(self.content.decode('utf-8'))['errors'])
         except (KeyError, TypeError, ValueError):
             return super(ApiError, self)._get_reason()