From 762d09ea9b3e28efdfdd2ac0674bb874154b41a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artur Borecki <me@pufereq.pl>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:24:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(message.py): add `Message.to_bytes()`

---
 src/judas_protocol/message.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/judas_protocol/message.py b/src/judas_protocol/message.py
index c702958..385346c 100644
--- a/src/judas_protocol/message.py
+++ b/src/judas_protocol/message.py
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ class Message:
         """
         return json.dumps(self.to_dict())
 
+    def to_bytes(self) -> bytes:
+        """Convert the message to bytes.
+
+        Returns:
+            bytes: The message as bytes.
+        """
+        return self.to_json().encode("utf-8")
+
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, data: dict[str, Any]) -> Message:
         """Create a Message from a dictionary.