vcsserver/utils.py

# RhodeCode VCSServer provides access to different vcs backends via network.
# Copyright (C) 2014-2016 RodeCode GmbH
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# TODO: johbo: That's a copy from rhodecode
def safe_str(unicode_, to_encoding=['utf8']):
    """
    safe str function. Does few trick to turn unicode_ into string

    In case of UnicodeEncodeError, we try to return it with encoding detected
    by chardet library if it fails fallback to string with errors replaced

    :param unicode_: unicode to encode
    :rtype: str
    :returns: str object
    """

    # if it's not basestr cast to str
    if not isinstance(unicode_, basestring):
        return str(unicode_)

    if isinstance(unicode_, str):
        return unicode_

    if not isinstance(to_encoding, (list, tuple)):
        to_encoding = [to_encoding]

    for enc in to_encoding:
        try:
            return unicode_.encode(enc)
        except UnicodeEncodeError:
            pass

    try:
        import chardet
        encoding = chardet.detect(unicode_)['encoding']
        if encoding is None:
            raise UnicodeEncodeError()

        return unicode_.encode(encoding)
    except (ImportError, UnicodeEncodeError):
        return unicode_.encode(to_encoding[0], 'replace')