X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/z_archive/twitter.git/blobdiff_plain/afa71268458f4c96e101729cc99b3c3b1421e650..8031bb025fc77ffd0ebb7fa69fe2cf24ffe58844:/twitter/api.py

diff --git a/twitter/api.py b/twitter/api.py
index 6271821..6abdd97 100644
--- a/twitter/api.py
+++ b/twitter/api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import urllib2
 
-from exceptions import Exception
-
 from twitter.twitter_globals import POST_ACTIONS
 from twitter.auth import NoAuth
 
@@ -151,11 +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: