@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def request(query, params):
2929 params['url'] = search_url
3030 params['method'] = 'POST'
3131 params['headers']['Content-type'] = "application/json"
32− params['data'] = dumps({"query": query,
32+ params['data'] = dumps({"query": query.decode('utf-8'),
3333 "searchField": "ALL",
3434 "sortDirection": "ASC",
3535 "sortOrder": "RELEVANCY",