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I wrote a simple html parsing class in python and it seems to work fine and then I try to use it with django and I get this error:

'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 54465: ordinal not in range(128)

which is strange because I added this: # encoding: utf-8 to the top of my class. I don't really know much about encoding but can someone perhaps give me an idea of what's going here? Btw, I also insured that the source html was already in utf-8. Thanks!

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  • # encoding: utf-8 won't do anything to how your class functions. It's just a comment... I think you may be confusing it with putting # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- at the top of the file, which simply tries to alert the parser (or text editor, etc) of the encoding of the source code. Commented Sep 22, 2011 at 20:20
  • well, I at least know for sure that it's a django issue and not a python issue. I try the class in python alone and it works fine. Then when I try to use it in django it returns an error that would indicate that it interprets everything in ascii. How can I make django think that everything is in utf-8? Update: nevermind I got it. See my answer below. Commented Sep 22, 2011 at 20:57
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    @voithos: # encoding: utf-8 and # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- have exactly the same effect. Python uses a regular expression to parse the encoding declaration; see docs.python.org/reference/… Commented Sep 22, 2011 at 21:22

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Try putting that line at the top of your file. According to PEP 263, it has to be in the top two lines.

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You can also follow these instructions to make your encoding universal across all files: siafoo.net/snippet/32
Note that this will affect only string literals, not variables.
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okay, I got it. All I needed to do was include # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- in the django view as well and that solved it!

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