From 967c18455b98cf065b20caa77dd46fc9e5f40fb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Grinberg <miguel.grinberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:12:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Only push binary data to aiopika (Fixes #1513)

---
 src/socketio/async_aiopika_manager.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/socketio/async_aiopika_manager.py b/src/socketio/async_aiopika_manager.py
index 1485d37a..60be8877 100644
--- a/src/socketio/async_aiopika_manager.py
+++ b/src/socketio/async_aiopika_manager.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ async def _publish(self, data):
             try:
                 await self.publisher_exchange.publish(
                     aio_pika.Message(
-                        body=json.dumps(data),
+                        body=json.dumps(data).encode(),
                         delivery_mode=aio_pika.DeliveryMode.PERSISTENT
                     ), routing_key='*',
                 )