👽 Add patched version of LDAPString to workaround TypeError on LDAP f…

…iltering in the upstream library

apricot/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from .__about__ import __version__, __version_info__
 from .apricot_server import ApricotServer
+from .patches import LDAPString  # noqa: F401
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",

apricot/patches/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""Patch LDAPString to avoid TypeError when parsing LDAP filter strings"""
+
+from ldaptor.protocols.pureldap import LDAPString
+
+old_init = LDAPString.__init__
+
+
+def patched_init(self, *k, **kw):
+    """Patch LDAPString init to store its value as 'str' not 'bytes'"""
+    old_init(self, *k, **kw)
+    if isinstance(self.value, bytes):
+        self.value = self.value.decode()
+
+
+LDAPString.__init__ = patched_init