> how exactly am i supposed to find oout what is the correct encodeing? It seems you are a Python beginner. Rather than just tell you how to use this one module, I'll point you at some of the ways to get help through Python.
* On pypi.org, search for "chardet" and see if the author provided online documentation links. * At the shell prompt, you might well have a "pydoc" command. Try "pydoc chardet" after installing it. * At the Python ">>> " prompt, import the chardet module, then use the help() function to get some basic help gleaned from the module itself. (This is basically what the pydoc command does.) >>> import chardet >>> help(chardet) ... * Even more abbreviated than the help() function, the dir() function will just tell you what attributes an object (not just a module) has. * Go to docs.python.org and do some tutorial/beginner reading. * Finally, try searching for "how to get help in python" in your favorite search engine. There are plenty of useful websites/blogs/articles devoted to this topic. Skip -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
