[mod_python] Encoding Question

Feghhi, Jalil wrote:

>1. I download a page in PSP using urllib and now want to convert and
>keep it as utf-8? What calls should I make to convert the encoding of
>the page to utf8?
>
Do you know the encoding of you received page?  In that case, something 
like:

 >>> u = urllib.urlopen(some_url)
 >>> document = u.read()
 >>> u.close()
 >>> unicode_document = unicode(document, "known-encoding")

>2. Is this a good approach? Can I keep any pages in any languages in
>this way and return them when requested in utf-8?
>
I wouldn't know, unless you told us *why* you're decoding.  As for "Can 
I keep...", of course you can, no need to ask for permission ;-)

Seriously though, if you're keeping an archive of downloaded pages for 
some reason, converting them to utf-8 before storage is a good idea, 
that way all your stored pages have a uniform encoding, no need to do 
the guesswork/conversions/etc every time you access them.

>By the way, I have set my default encoding in Python to utf8.
>
*Excellent*

>Thanks,
>
>-Jalil
>
You're welcome. :-)

-gca
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