Update getting_started.rst

With python3 (3.5 here) json_deserializer receives the values as bytes. 

Disclaimer: I am a python beginner, so if there is another way to achieve the same result please let me know.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/docs/getting_started.rst b/docs/getting_started.rst
index 6e1b8d7..9b0e111 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ on if a server goes down.
     client.set('some_key', 'some value')
     result = client.get('some_key')
 
-
 Serialization
 --------------
 
@@ -56,6 +55,17 @@ Serialization
     client.set('key', {'a':'b', 'c':'d'})
     result = client.get('key')
 
+Deserialization with python3
+----------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def json_deserializer(key, value, flags):
+        if flags == 1:
+            return value.decode('utf-8')
+        if flags == 2:
+            return json.loads(value.decode('utf-8'))
+        raise Exception("Unknown serialization format")
 
 Key Constraints
 ---------------
@@ -69,7 +79,6 @@ set `allow_unicode_keys` to support unicode keys, but beware of
 what unicode encoding you use to make sure multiple clients can find the
 same key.
 
-
 Best Practices
 ---------------