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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gitlab/exceptions.py b/gitlab/exceptions.py
index ddaef31..5b7b75c 100644
--- a/gitlab/exceptions.py
+++ b/gitlab/exceptions.py
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ class GitlabError(Exception):
# Full http response
self.response_body = response_body
# Parsed error message from gitlab
- self.error_message = error_message
+ try:
+ # if we receive str/bytes we try to convert to unicode/str to have
+ # consistent message types (see #616)
+ self.error_message = error_message.decode()
+ except Exception:
+ self.error_message = error_message
def __str__(self):
if self.response_code is not None:
@@ -41,6 +46,10 @@ class GitlabAuthenticationError(GitlabError):
pass
+class RedirectError(GitlabError):
+ pass
+
+
class GitlabParsingError(GitlabError):
pass