Any suggestion about how I can avoid type mismatch?

Question

I read HTML file from the web and I am attempting to parse the texts

>>> import nltk
>>> import urllib3
>>> http = urllib3.PoolManager()
>>> r = http.request('GET', 'http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2554/2554.txt')
>>> r.status
404
>>> tokens = nltk.word_tokenize(r.data)

TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object

It appears that type mismatch is occurring but I failed to know the solution.

Adeyemi Michael · Answer

The Python "TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object" occurs when we try to use a string pattern to match a bytes object. To solve the error use the decode() method.

For more clarity you could check this link out: https://bobbyhadz.com/blog/python-cannot-use-a-string-pattern-on-bytes-like-object#:~:text=The%20Python%20%22TypeError%3A%20cannot%20use,%27utf%2D8%27)%20.

Any suggestion about how I can avoid type mismatch?

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