UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte X in position Y: character maps to

Question

I\'m trying to get a Python 3 program to do some manipulations with a text file filled with information. However, when trying to read the file I get the following error:

Answer 1

for me changing the Mysql character encoding the same as my code helped to sort out the solution. `photo=open('pic3.png',encoding=latin1), strong text