Error writing data to CSV due to ascii error in Python

Question

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import csv
from urlparse import urljoin
import urllib2


base_url = \'http://www.baseball-reference.com\'
data = requests.g         


        

Answer 1

You cannot use unicode with the csv module with python2, you need to encode the strings:

Note

This version of the csv module doesn’t support Unicode input. Also, there are currently some issues regarding ASCII NUL characters. Accordingly, all input should be UTF-8 or printable ASCII to be safe; see the examples in section Examples.

text = cell.text.replace(' ', '').encode("utf-8")

Output after encoding:

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Orioles' Chris Tillman facing 1-2-3
"
t1,0-0,0,---,"7,(2-2) CBBFFFX",O,BOS,D. Nava,C. Tillman,2%,52%,Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
t1,0-0,1,---,"4,(1-2) BCFX",,BOS,D. Pedroia,C. Tillman,-2%,50%,Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
t1,0-0,1,1--,"5,(1-2) CFBFT",O,BOS,D. Ortiz,C. Tillman,3%,52%,Strikeout Swinging
t1,0-0,2,1--,"4,(0-2) C1CFS",O,BOS,M. Napoli,C. Tillman,2%,55%,Strikeout Swinging
,,,,,,,,,"0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0."
"Bottom of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox' Jon Lester facing 1-2-3
"
b1,0-0,0,---,"4,(1-2) CBFX",O,BAL,N. Markakis,J. Lester,-2%,52%,Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
b1,0-0,1,---,"6,(3-2) BBFFBX",,BAL,J. Hardy,J. Lester,2%,55%,Single to LF (Line Drive)
b1,0-0,1,1--,"4,(1-2) FBSX",O,BAL,A. Jones,J. Lester,-3%,52%,Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
b1,0-0,2,1--,"5,(1-2) FFBFS",O,BAL,C. Davis,J. Lester,-2%,50%,Strikeout Swinging
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