X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/z_archive/twitter.git/blobdiff_plain/1753010b59b264f66fcaa532fe6a16bc80b19864..8031bb025fc77ffd0ebb7fa69fe2cf24ffe58844:/twitter/api.py

diff --git a/twitter/api.py b/twitter/api.py
index 6927f51..6abdd97 100644
--- a/twitter/api.py
+++ b/twitter/api.py
@@ -149,11 +149,12 @@ class TwitterCall(object):
         try:
             handle = urllib2.urlopen(req)
             if "json" == self.format:
-                res = json.loads(handle.read())
+                res = json.loads(handle.read().decode('utf8'))
                 return wrap_response(res, handle.headers)
             else:
-                return wrap_response(str(handle.read()), handle.headers)
-        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+                return wrap_response(
+                    handle.read().decode('utf8'), handle.headers)
+        except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
             if (e.code == 304):
                 return []
             else: