IPFIX: extend string field conversion to fallback to str()

Closes #42
2022-12-02 17:24:55 +01:00 · 2022-12-02 17:24:55 +01:00 · 0afa4b37e8
parent 4e065644fa
commit 0afa4b37e8
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/netflow/ipfix.py
+++ b/netflow/ipfix.py
@ -770,7 +770,10 @@ class IPFIXDataRecord:
            if type(value) is bytes:
                # Check if value is raw bytes, so no conversion happened in struct.unpack
                if field_datatype in ["string"]:
-                    value = value.decode()
+                    try:
+                        value = value.decode()
+                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                        value = str(value)
                # TODO: handle octetArray (= does not have to be unicode encoded)
                elif field_datatype in ["boolean"]:
                    value = True if value == 1 else False  # 2 = false per RFC