From 2f27d2b7fd64420877c105063d4c67c0c563edf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christophe de Vienne <cdevienne@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:50:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix a python3 w/o lxml issue with binary serialization in the
 soap protocol

---
 wsmeext/soap/protocol.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/wsmeext/soap/protocol.py b/wsmeext/soap/protocol.py
index 68275a5..ca65a81 100644
--- a/wsmeext/soap/protocol.py
+++ b/wsmeext/soap/protocol.py
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ class SoapEncoder(object):
     def binary_tosoap(self, datatype, tag, value):
         print(datatype, tag, value)
         value = base64.encodestring(value) if value is not None else None
+        if six.PY3:
+            value = value.decode('ascii')
         return self.make_soap_element(
             datatype.basetype, tag, value, 'xs:base64Binary'
         )