encodeutils

oslo.utils.encodeutils.safe_decode(text, incoming=None, errors='strict')

Decodes incoming text/bytes string using incoming if they’re not

already unicode.

Parameters:

• incoming – Text’s current encoding
• errors – Errors handling policy. See here for valid values http://docs.python.org/2/library/codecs.html

Returns:

text or a unicode incoming encoded representation of it.

Raises TypeError:  

If text is not an instance of str

oslo.utils.encodeutils.safe_encode(text, incoming=None, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')

Encodes incoming text/bytes string using encoding.

If incoming is not specified, text is expected to be encoded with current python’s default encoding. (sys.getdefaultencoding)

Parameters:

• incoming – Text’s current encoding
• encoding – Expected encoding for text (Default UTF-8)
• errors – Errors handling policy. See here for valid values http://docs.python.org/2/library/codecs.html

Returns:

text or a bytestring encoding encoded representation of it.

Raises TypeError:  

If text is not an instance of str