Is 'encoding is an invalid keyword' error inevitable in python 2.x?

Question

Ansi to UTF-8 using python causing error

I tried the answer there to convert ansi to utf-8.

import io

with io.open(file_path_ansi, encoding=\'latin-         


        

Answer 1

For Python2.7, Use io.open() in both locations.

import io
import shutil

with io.open('/etc/passwd', encoding='latin-1', errors='ignore') as source:
    with io.open('/tmp/goof', mode='w', encoding='utf-8') as target:
        shutil.copyfileobj(source, target)

The above program runs without errors on my PC.

Answer 2

TypeError: 'encoding' is an invalid keyword argument for this function

open('textfile.txt', encoding='utf-16')

Use io, it will work in both 2.7 and 3.6 python version

import io
io.open('textfile.txt', encoding='utf-16')

Answer 3

This is how you can convert ansi to utf-8 in Python 2 (you just use normal file objects):

with open(file_path_ansi, "r") as source:
    with open(file_path_utf8, "w") as target:
        target.write(source.read().decode("latin1").encode("utf8"))

Answer 4

I had the same issue when I did try to write bytes to file. So my point is, bytes are already encoded. So when you use encoding keyword this leads to an error.