[Python] How do I fix the write() argument must be str, not bytes error when using Ollama with...

I am trying to use Ollama with Python to run a model (llama2) for a project. When I call ollama.chat() and try to print the response, I get a the error:

Ollama error: write() argument must be str, not bytes

I am not sure whether this happens because of the Ollama API response format, or because I am handling the data incorrectly in Python. I already tried decoding the response with .decode("utf-8"), but that didn’t work.

How can I correctly handle the Ollama response in Python so that it prints without this error?

I tried calling ollama.chat() with a simple user prompt and then printing the result directly. I also tried using .decode("utf-8") on the response in case it was in bytes, but it didn’t fix the issue.

What I expected: The model should return a JSON/text response that I can print or process in Python.

What actually happened: Instead, I got the error:

Ollama error: write() argument must be str, not bytes

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