Perhaps web2py must retrieve the client's charset and convert accordingly the input, as the framework uses UTF-8 internally. If web2py expects always UTF-8, this could be reported as an issue. The server response could also be re-converted for client's compatibility.
On 5 feb, 10:26, Vladimir Rutsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > What is the best way to transparently convert all variables in > request.post_vars to Python unicode strings? > > When I submit string with non-ascii characters using AJAX from browser > to web2py application I receive usual Python 2.6 string (str) in > request.post_vars.foo with submitted string encoded in UTF-8. I thing > encoding of request.post_vars.foo string depends on encoding specified > in client browser, so I can't always do > "unicode(request.post_vars.foo, 'utf-8')". Also submitted string can > be non-valid unicode string, so this should be checked either. > > Thanks in advance, > > Vladimir Rutsky
