'ascii' codec can't decode byte (problem when using django)

Question

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          


        

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

okay, I got it. All I needed to do was include # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- in the django view as well and that solved it!