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Python SocksiPy package error: TypeError: Type str doesn't support the buffer API for string?

When i try and connect to gmail through this code:

import socks
import imaplib
import socket
import socks
s = socks.socksocket()
s.setproxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_HTTP, '192.168.208.51', 3128)
s.connect(('imap.gmail.com', 993))

I get the error message: 

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#18>", line 1, in <module>
s.connect(('imap.gmail.com', 993))
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\socks.py", line 406, in connect
self.__negotiatehttp(destpair[0],destpair[1])
File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\socks.py", line 357, in __negotiatehttp
while resp.find("\r\n\r\n")==-1:
TypeError: Type str doesn't support the buffer API

Any ideas? Im on a computer that uses a proxy hence using SocksiPy to connect to imap.gmail.com

Solution

  • There's nothing wrong with your code; you are using a version of SocksiPy that has not been ported to Python 3. You should upgrade to version 1.02. Or you should switch back to Python 2.

    Explaination:

    This is Python 3. Unlike Python 2, bytes and str objects are not interchangeable. If you try to do stuff like this:

    >>> b'abc'.find('a')

    You'll get the error you are seeing. In fact, the "buffer API" is the one implemented by bytes objects.