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download_blob_to_file() example does not working #701
Description
download_blob_to_file() example does not working. When I change 'w' to 'bw' in open(), that is working. Please check this bug.
Environment details
- OS type and version: macOS Monterey v12.1
- Python version:
python --version: 3.10.2 - pip version:
pip --version: 21.3.1 google-cloud-storageversion:pip show google-cloud-storage: 2.1.0
Code example
from google.cloud import storage
client = storage.Client()
uri = '{uri}'
with open('file-to-download-to', 'w') as file_obj:
client.download_blob_to_file(uri, file_obj)Reference:
python-storage/google/cloud/storage/client.py
Lines 1074 to 1094 in 192fe9c
Stack trace
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "{file}", line 14, in <module>
storage_client.download_blob_to_file(uri, file_obj)
File "{working dir}/.va/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/cloud/storage/client.py", line 1128, in download_blob_to_file
blob_or_uri._do_download(
File "{working dir}/.va/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/cloud/storage/blob.py", line 1000, in _do_download
response = download.consume(transport, timeout=timeout)
File "{working dir}/.va/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/resumable_media/requests/download.py", line 174, in consume
return _request_helpers.wait_and_retry(
File "{working dir}/.va/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/resumable_media/requests/_request_helpers.py", line 147, in wait_and_retry
response = func()
File "{working dir}/.va/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/resumable_media/requests/download.py", line 170, in retriable_request
self._write_to_stream(result)
File "{working dir}/.va/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/resumable_media/requests/download.py", line 106, in _write_to_stream
self._stream.write(chunk)
TypeError: write() argument must be str, not bytes
Activity
shaffeeullah commentedon Jan 25, 2022
Thanks for calling this out with such clear repro steps!! I've linked a PR that will update this in the docs.