No Kodi Library Update: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'

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Describe the bug
When trying to update the Kodi Library I get the error"

"AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'"

I get a similar error if I try to test Kodi notifications. The notifications go through, but I get an error and the test results field remains blank and glitched out.

pastebin to this other error log. (main error log below)

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Enable Kodi Library Updating
2. Post-Process a media file, through a script or manually.
3. Medusa bugs out and Kodi doesn't update the Library.
4. See error

Medusa should be updating the Kodi library.

Medusa (please complete the following information):

• OS: [MacOS 10.13.6]
• Branch: [master]
• Commit: [94fae84]
• Version: [0.3.0]

Logs:

2019-03-15 05:03:02 ERROR    TORNADO :: [94fae84] API :: AttributeError("'str' object has no attribute 'decode'")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/server/api/v1/core.py", line 142, in get
    out_dict = _call_dispatcher(args, kwargs)
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/server/api/v1/core.py", line 212, in call_dispatcher
    cur_out_dict = func(cur_args, cur_kwargs).run()  # call function and get response
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/server/api/v1/core.py", line 1308, in run
    failed=self.failed, proc_type=self.type
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/process_tv.py", line 145, in process
    ignore_subs=ignore_subs)
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/process_tv.py", line 335, in process_files
    self.process_media(path, self.video_files, force, is_priority, ignore_subs)
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/process_tv.py", line 556, in process_media
    self.result = processor.process()
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/post_processor.py", line 1289, in process
    notifiers.notify_download(ep_obj)
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/notifiers/__init__.py", line 100, in notify_download
    n.notify_download(ep_obj)
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/notifiers/kodi.py", line 434, in notify_download
    self._notify_kodi(common.notifyStrings[common.NOTIFY_DOWNLOAD], ep_obj.pretty_name_with_quality())
  File "/Users/matt/Builds/medusa/medusa/notifiers/kodi.py", line 133, in _notify_kodi
    result += cur_host + ':' + notify_result['result'].decode('utf-8')
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
2019-03-15 05:03:02 INFO     TORNADO :: [94fae84] Selected poster for series 275557 (score=3.3221824253021945, score_bay=5.644364850604389, rating=6.8, votes=20, res=680x1000): https://www.thetvdb.com/banners/posters/275557-6.jpg
2019-03-15 05:03:02 INFO     TORNADO :: [94fae84] Selected fanart for series 275557 (score=3.9240400637751476, score_bay=5.848080127550295, rating=6.9, votes=9, res=1920x1080): https://www.thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/275557-8.jpg
2019-03-15 05:03:00 INFO     TORNADO :: [94fae84] 275557: Changed modify date of Broad.City.S05E08.Sleep.No.More.720p.WEB-DL.mkv to series air date Mar 14,2019 (22:00)
2019-03-15 05:02:46 INFO     TORNADO :: [94fae84] Release name (broad.city.s05e08.720p.web.x264-tbs) found from file (broad.city.s05e08.720p.web.x264-tbs.nfo)
2019-03-15 05:02:46 INFO     TORNADO :: [94fae84] This download is marked a priority download so I'm going to replace an existing file if I find one
2019-03-15 05:02:46 INFO     TORNADO :: [94fae84] New size: 432.58 MB
2019-03-15 05:02:46 INFO     TORNADO :: [94fae84] New file: /Volumes/dvorak.8tb/SABnzbd/tv/Broad.City.S05E08.720p.WEB.x264-TBS[TGx]/broad.city.s05e08.720p.web.x264-tbs.mkv
2019-03-15 05:02:46 INFO     TORNADO :: [94fae84] Processing /Volumes/dvorak.8tb/SABnzbd/tv/Broad.City.S05E08.720p.WEB.x264-TBS[TGx]/broad.city.s05e08.720p.web.x264-tbs.mkv

Additional context
Works fine in the python2.7 version. Made sure to run new version with python3.7 and install the requirements.txt with pip-3.7. Manually pressing the "Update Kodi" button in the Manage tab does actually work though.

Looking briefly into this, as a layman, it seems there is no decode in python3 as its already decoded. I hope there is a fix for this soon as it is a rather crucial feature for me.

[medariox]

You don't have to use Python 3 with the new version. You can keep using Python 2.7 until this is fixed.

[desepticon]

Thanks! I'll check how that works out.

[desepticon]

It works. Thanks so much for the quick fix!