For python2/3 compat.

Grégory Starck · Grégory Starck · commit e8ea370e9ab1 · 2015-03-25T10:53:57.000-04:00
diff --git a/influxdb/client.py b/influxdb/client.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 class InfluxDBClientError(Exception):
     """Raised when an error occurs in the request"""
     def __init__(self, content, code):
+        if isinstance(content, type(b'')):
+            content = content.decode('UTF-8', errors='replace')
         super(InfluxDBClientError, self).__init__(
             "{0}: {1}".format(code, content))
         self.content = content
