X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/z_archive/twitter.git/blobdiff_plain/f7e6380227ca479157ce8d4e782772ca9b732b71..e896170126f9b38c3d04c0051fcba34f0a99f6c1:/twitter/api.py

diff --git a/twitter/api.py b/twitter/api.py
index 9803c4b..570c788 100644
--- a/twitter/api.py
+++ b/twitter/api.py
@@ -149,10 +149,11 @@ class TwitterCall(object):
         try:
             handle = urllib.request.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)
+                return wrap_response(
+                    handle.read().decode('utf8'), handle.headers)
         except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
             if (e.code == 304):
                 return []