TypeError: POST data should be bytes, an iterable of bytes, or a file object. It cannot be of type str.

Question

I got this code from internet and converted it into Python 3. Its earlier version is working fine. But this code shows following error

[+] Sending SMS . Please Wait [+]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Ranjit Singh\Desktop\2to3\way2sms.py", line 92, in <module>
main()
File "C:\Users\Ranjit Singh\Desktop\2to3\way2sms.py", line 88, in main
req=opennr.open(req)
File "C:\Python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 524, in open
req = meth(req)
File "C:\Python36\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1248, in do_request_
raise TypeError(msg)
TypeError: POST data should be bytes, an iterable of bytes, or a file object. It cannot be of type str.

The python code that I'm using is

https://www.dropbox.com/s/czp633jrhiqizqg/way2sms.py?dl=0

Answer 1

Hi, I don't have watched your code but in most cases when this error obscured you have to convert your star into a byte