https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55249 Web browser: --- Bug ID: 55249 Summary: Unicode error when handling non-ASCII network errors Product: Pywikibot Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: Unprioritized Component: General Assignee: Pywikipedia-bugs(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: legoktm.wikipedia(a)gmail.com Classification: Unclassified Mobile Platform: --- Originally from: http://sourceforge.net/p/pywikipediabot/bugs/1280/ Reported by: tgr_ Created on: 2011-01-09 09:33:39 Subject: Unicode error when handling non-ASCII network errors Original description: The error handler for Site.postData in wikipedia.py line 5248 \(in r8821\) casts an exception to a string: except Exception, e: output\(u'%s' %e\) This will fail with a UnicodeDecodeError if the exception message contains non-ASCII characters \(which is often the case for network error messages on non-English Windows\). Pywikipedia \[http\] trunk/pywikipedia \(r8821, 2011/01/06, 22:01:33\) Python 2.7 \(r27:82525, Jul 4 2010, 09:01:59\) \[MSC v.1500 32 bit \(Intel\)\] config-settings: use\_api = True use\_api\_login = True unicode test: triggers problem \#3081100 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.