Convert input DSN values to strings (fixes GH-653)

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a00128d..eeb97ba 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Version 5.8.0
 * pkg_resources is now prioritized for default version detection.
 * Updated `in_app` support to include exception frames.
 * Fixed support for `SENTRY_USER_ATTRS` in Flask.
+* Handle DSNs which are sent as unicode values in Python 2.
 
 Version 5.7.2
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diff --git a/raven/conf/remote.py b/raven/conf/remote.py
index bcba491..a109e21 100644
--- a/raven/conf/remote.py
+++ b/raven/conf/remote.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import warnings
 from raven.exceptions import InvalidDsn
 from raven.transport.threaded import ThreadedHTTPTransport
 from raven.utils import six
+from raven.utils.encoding import to_string
 from raven.utils.urlparse import parse_qsl, urlparse
 
 ERR_UNKNOWN_SCHEME = 'Unsupported Sentry DSN scheme: {0} ({1})'
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ class RemoteConfig(object):
 
     @classmethod
     def from_string(cls, value, transport=None, transport_registry=None):
+        value = to_string(value)
         url = urlparse(value)
 
         if url.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):