Merge pull request #622 from edx/feanil/fix_json_loading_for_python3

Don't open for binary reading. We want to read the string into json.

edx_proctoring/__init__.py

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 # Be sure to update the version number in edx_proctoring/package.json
-__version__ = '2.1.5'
+__version__ = '2.1.6'
 
 default_app_config = 'edx_proctoring.apps.EdxProctoringConfig'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name

edx_proctoring/apps.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def make_worker_config(backends, out='/tmp/workers.json'):
         try:
             package = backend.npm_module
             package_file = os.path.join(settings.NODE_MODULES_ROOT, package, 'package.json')
-            with open(package_file, 'rb') as package_fp:
+            with open(package_file, 'r') as package_fp:
                 package_json = json.load(package_fp)
             main_file = package_json['main']
             config[package] = ['babel-polyfill', os.path.join(settings.NODE_MODULES_ROOT, package, main_file)]

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@edx/edx-proctoring",
   "//": "Be sure to update the version number in edx_proctoring/__init__.py",
   "//": "Note that the version format is slightly different than that of the Python version when using prereleases.",
-  "version": "2.1.5",
+  "version": "2.1.6",
   "main": "edx_proctoring/static/index.js",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",