for now we decode dictionares inside the gempak python scripts

awips/gempak/GridInfoRetriever.py

@@ -29,9 +29,17 @@ class GridInfoRetriever:
             req.setReftime(ct)
 
         req.setFcstsec(self.forecast)
-
+        print(req)
         resp = self.client.sendRequest(req)
 
+        # Take care of bytestring encodings in python3
+        for i, rec in enumerate(resp):
+            resp[i] = {
+                key.decode() if isinstance(key, bytes) else key:
+                    val.decode() if isinstance(val, bytes) else val
+                for key, val in rec.items()
+            }
+
         sortresp = sorted(sorted(resp, key=itemgetter("reftime"), reverse=True), key=itemgetter("fcstsec"))
 
         grids = []

awips/gempak/GridNavRetriever.py

@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ class GridNavRetriever:
         req.setModelId(self.modelId)
         resp = self.client.sendRequest(req)
 
+        for i, rec in enumerate(resp):
+            resp[i] = {
+                key.decode() if isinstance(key, bytes) else key:
+                    val.decode() if isinstance(val, bytes) else val
+                for key, val in rec.items()
+            }
+
         nav = []
 
         for record in resp:

awips/gempak/StationDataRetriever.py

@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ class StationDataRetriever:
         req.setParmList(self.parmList)
         req.setPartNumber(self.partNumber)
         resp = self.client.sendRequest(req)
+
+        for i, rec in enumerate(resp):
+            resp[i] = {
+                key.decode() if isinstance(key, bytes) else key:
+                val.decode() if isinstance(val, bytes) else val
+                for key, val in rec.items()
+            }
+
         return resp
 
 

awips/gempak/StationRetriever.py

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ class StationRetriever:
         req.setPluginName(self.pluginName)
         resp = self.client.sendRequest(req)
 
+        for i, rec in enumerate(resp):
+            resp[i] = {
+                key.decode() if isinstance(key, bytes) else key:
+                    val.decode() if isinstance(val, bytes) else val
+                for key, val in rec.items()
+            }
+
         stns = []
         for item in resp:
             stationstr = '{:<8}'.format(item.getStationId())

awips/gempak/TimeRetriever.py

@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ class TimeRetriever:
         req.setPluginName(self.pluginName)
         req.setTimeField(self.timeField)
         resp = self.client.sendRequest(req)
+
+        for i, rec in enumerate(resp):
+            resp[i] = {
+                key.decode() if isinstance(key, bytes) else key:
+                    val.decode() if isinstance(val, bytes) else val
+                for key, val in rec.items()
+            }
+
         timelist = []
         for item in resp.getTimes():
             if isinstance(item, GregorianCalendar):