Update marcxml.py

dag-hammarskjold-library · Aug 8, 2017 · c3d2d83 · c3d2d83
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commit c3d2d83
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/pymarc/marcxml.py b/pymarc/marcxml.py
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ def parse_xml_to_array(xml_file, strict=False, normalize_form=None):
     parse_xml(xml_file, handler)
     return handler.records
 
-def record_to_xml(record, quiet=False, namespace=False):
+def record_to_xml(record, quiet=False, namespace=False, encoding='us-ascii'):
     node = record_to_xml_node(record, quiet, namespace)
-    return ET.tostring(node)
+    return ET.tostring(node, encoding=encoding)
 
 def record_to_xml_node(record, quiet=False, namespace=False):
     """