Fix search for uncached entries (#323)

chubin · Apr 18, 2022 · 742dd9f · 742dd9f
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diff --git a/lib/search.py b/lib/search.py
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ def find_answers_by_keyword(directory, keyword, options="", request_options=None
         answer_dicts = get_answers(topic, request_options=request_options)
         for answer_dict in answer_dicts:
             answer_text = answer_dict.get('answer', '')
+            # Temporary hotfix:
+            # In some cases answer_text may be 'bytes' and not 'str'
+            if type(b"") == type(answer_text):
+                answer_text = answer_text.decode("utf-8")
+
             if match(answer_text, keyword, options_dict=options_dict):
                 answers_found.append(answer_dict)