When my python code tries to connect to the MQTT broker it gives me this Type Error: Update- I added the Complete Error Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 20, in <module> mqttc.connect(broker, 1883, 60, True) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mosquitto.py", line 563, in connect return self.reconnect() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mosquitto.py", line 632, in reconnect self._sock = socket.create_connection((self._host, self._port), source_address=(self._bind_address, 0)) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 561, in create_connection sock.bind(source_address) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args) TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, bool found The code of the python file is: #! /usr/bin/python import mosquitto broker = "localhost" #define what happens after connection def on_connect(rc): print "Connected" #On recipt of a message do action def on_message(msg): n = msg.payload t = msg.topic if t == "/test/topic": if n == "test": print "test message received" # create broker mqttc = mosquitto.Mosquitto("python_sub") #define callbacks mqttc.on_message = on_message mqttc.on_connect = on_connect #connect mqttc.connect(broker, 1883, 60, True) #Subscribe to topic mqttc.subscribe("/test/topic", 2) #keep connected while mqttc.loop() == 0: pass I have no idea why its giving me this it work 2 days ago.