parse response as unicode.

hako · Jun 23, 2016 · 061f638 · 061f638
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commit 061f638
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/bbcli/bbcapi.py b/bbcli/bbcapi.py
@@ -36,16 +36,13 @@ def parse_ticker_data(self, ticker_data):
             return tickers
 
         response = data["html"]
-        htmlData = minidom.parseString(response)
+        htmlData = minidom.parseString(response.encode('utf-8'))
         elements = htmlData.getElementsByTagName("div")
-
-        # Not yet tested to handle multiple breaking news alerts.
 
         # Heading
         headline = elements[0].getElementsByTagName("p")[0].firstChild.nodeValue.replace("\n","")
         # News Link as in /news/ 
-        url = elements[0].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].getAttribute('href') 
-
+        url = elements[0].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].getAttribute('href')
         ticker = Ticker(headline, "BREAKING NEWS", "true", BBC_URL + url)
         tickers.append(ticker)
         return tickers