added catch for byte strings

hdmf-dev · Sep 9, 2024 · 2d837cc · 2d837cc
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diff --git a/src/hdmf_zarr/backend.py b/src/hdmf_zarr/backend.py
@@ -1307,6 +1307,13 @@ def __list_fill__(self, parent, name, data, options=None):  # noqa: C901
             except ValueError:
                 for i in range(len(data)):
                     dset[i] = data[i]
+            except TypeError: # If data is an h5py.Dataset with strings, they may need to be decoded
+                for c in np.ndindex(data_shape):
+                    o = data
+                    for i in c:
+                        o = o[i]
+                    # bytes are not JSON serializable
+                    dset[c] = o if not isinstance(o, (bytes, np.bytes_)) else o.decode("utf-8")
         return dset
 
     def __scalar_fill__(self, parent, name, data, options=None):