Sinric python example

sinric.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import websocket
import thread
import time
import base64

def on_message(ws, message):
    print message

def on_error(ws, error):
    print error

def on_close(ws):
    print "### closed ###"
    # Attemp to reconnect with 2 seconds interval
    time.sleep(2)
    initiate()

def on_open(ws):
    print "### Initiating new websocket connection ###"
    
def initiate():
    websocket.enableTrace(True)
		
    ws = websocket.WebSocketApp("ws://iot.sinric.com",
		header={'Authorization:' +  base64.b64encode('apikey:[replace with your api key]')},
        on_message = on_message,
        on_error = on_error,
        on_close = on_close)
    ws.on_open = on_open

    ws.run_forever()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    initiate()

Having a problem on this using python3.5.
'TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'
It is related to the base64.b64encode command

Having a problem on this using python3.5.
'TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'
It is related to the base64.b64encode command

You should use Python2, or manually convert the string to base64.