From a32a0c6401571153864efe711a39ac87bcd8f630 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Shyba <victor1984@riseup.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:13:37 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix peer_ping

---
 lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py b/lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py
index 52a4d5c8d..2ba280f86 100644
--- a/lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py
+++ b/lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@ class Daemon(AuthJSONRPCServer):
         peers = yield finished_deferred
         results = [
             {
-                "node_id": node_id.encode('hex'),
+                "node_id": hexlify(node_id).decode(),
                 "host": host,
                 "port": port
             }
@@ -2859,7 +2859,7 @@ class Daemon(AuthJSONRPCServer):
         if not contact:
             defer.returnValue({'error': 'peer not found'})
         try:
-            result = yield contact.ping()
+            result = (yield contact.ping()).decode()
         except TimeoutError:
             result = {'error': 'ping timeout'}
         defer.returnValue(result)