Is there a way to set the encoding type to unicode on GeoPy's Nominatim












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Querying with a city name that contains a non-ascii character (e.g. Fürth, Germany) results in a "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character" error.



So, for example, the following query fails:



geo_locator = Nominatim()
geo_locator.query("Fürth, Germany")


But, if I change the query to "Furth, Germany", it passes.
Encoding the city name to UTF using encode('utf-8') doesn't seem to be supported by the server.



Is there a way to set the encoding to utf-8 on Nominatim's query method?










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    Ensure that you're using the latest version of geopy. There's no query method in Nominatim. I suppose you meant geocode: the sample you provided should work fine with geocode (given that you're on python 3). There's a more comprehensive sample available in docs: geopy.readthedocs.io/en/1.18.1/#module-geopy.geocoders

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    Jan 2 at 21:40
















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Querying with a city name that contains a non-ascii character (e.g. Fürth, Germany) results in a "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character" error.



So, for example, the following query fails:



geo_locator = Nominatim()
geo_locator.query("Fürth, Germany")


But, if I change the query to "Furth, Germany", it passes.
Encoding the city name to UTF using encode('utf-8') doesn't seem to be supported by the server.



Is there a way to set the encoding to utf-8 on Nominatim's query method?










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  • 1





    Ensure that you're using the latest version of geopy. There's no query method in Nominatim. I suppose you meant geocode: the sample you provided should work fine with geocode (given that you're on python 3). There's a more comprehensive sample available in docs: geopy.readthedocs.io/en/1.18.1/#module-geopy.geocoders

    – KostyaEsmukov
    Jan 2 at 21:40














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Querying with a city name that contains a non-ascii character (e.g. Fürth, Germany) results in a "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character" error.



So, for example, the following query fails:



geo_locator = Nominatim()
geo_locator.query("Fürth, Germany")


But, if I change the query to "Furth, Germany", it passes.
Encoding the city name to UTF using encode('utf-8') doesn't seem to be supported by the server.



Is there a way to set the encoding to utf-8 on Nominatim's query method?










share|improve this question














Querying with a city name that contains a non-ascii character (e.g. Fürth, Germany) results in a "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character" error.



So, for example, the following query fails:



geo_locator = Nominatim()
geo_locator.query("Fürth, Germany")


But, if I change the query to "Furth, Germany", it passes.
Encoding the city name to UTF using encode('utf-8') doesn't seem to be supported by the server.



Is there a way to set the encoding to utf-8 on Nominatim's query method?







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    Ensure that you're using the latest version of geopy. There's no query method in Nominatim. I suppose you meant geocode: the sample you provided should work fine with geocode (given that you're on python 3). There's a more comprehensive sample available in docs: geopy.readthedocs.io/en/1.18.1/#module-geopy.geocoders

    – KostyaEsmukov
    Jan 2 at 21:40














  • 1





    Ensure that you're using the latest version of geopy. There's no query method in Nominatim. I suppose you meant geocode: the sample you provided should work fine with geocode (given that you're on python 3). There's a more comprehensive sample available in docs: geopy.readthedocs.io/en/1.18.1/#module-geopy.geocoders

    – KostyaEsmukov
    Jan 2 at 21:40








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Ensure that you're using the latest version of geopy. There's no query method in Nominatim. I suppose you meant geocode: the sample you provided should work fine with geocode (given that you're on python 3). There's a more comprehensive sample available in docs: geopy.readthedocs.io/en/1.18.1/#module-geopy.geocoders

– KostyaEsmukov
Jan 2 at 21:40





Ensure that you're using the latest version of geopy. There's no query method in Nominatim. I suppose you meant geocode: the sample you provided should work fine with geocode (given that you're on python 3). There's a more comprehensive sample available in docs: geopy.readthedocs.io/en/1.18.1/#module-geopy.geocoders

– KostyaEsmukov
Jan 2 at 21:40












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