Python 3.x: Typerror following the medium post examples

[jabyrd3]

!pip install pixiedust
!pip install pixiedust_node

import pixiedust_node

%%node
var date = new Date();
print(date);

TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-26ef6f3fb6e5> in <module>()
----> 1 get_ipython().run_cell_magic('node', '', 'var date = new Date();\nprint(date);')

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py in run_cell_magic(self, magic_name, line, cell)
   2129             magic_arg_s = self.var_expand(line, stack_depth)
   2130             with self.builtin_trap:
-> 2131                 result = fn(magic_arg_s, cell)
   2132             return result
   2133 

<decorator-gen-126> in node(self, line, cell)

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/IPython/core/magic.py in <lambda>(f, *a, **k)
    185     # but it's overkill for just that one bit of state.
    186     def magic_deco(arg):
--> 187         call = lambda f, *a, **k: f(*a, **k)
    188 
    189         if callable(arg):

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pixiedust_node/__init__.py in node(self, line, cell)
     48     def node(self, line, cell):
     49         # write the cell contents to the Node.js process
---> 50         self.n.write(cell)
     51 
     52 try:

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pixiedust_node/node.py in write(self, s)
     53 
     54     def write(self, s):
---> 55         self.ps.stdin.write(s)
     56         self.ps.stdin.write("\r\n")
     57 

TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Any ideas?

[DTAIEB]

This is a known issue, pixiedust_node doesn't currently work with Python 3.x. Workaround is to use Python 2.7 until we provide a fix for 3.x