Fix UnicodeDecodeError from #114. Replace definitions of _unicode and

_string. Add six as a dependeny. Fix clonedigger script.

.dir-locals.el

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+((nil . ((pytest-global-name . "source secrets.sh && tox -e py34 --"))))

clonedigger.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+clonedigger pylast
+! grep -E "Clones detected\|lines are duplicates" output.html

pylast/__init__.py

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import collections
 import warnings
 import re
 
+import six
+
 
 def _deprecation_warning(message):
     warnings.warn(message, DeprecationWarning)
@@ -1910,9 +1912,12 @@ class Artist(_BaseObject, _Taggable):
         return "pylast.Artist(%s, %s)" % (
             repr(self.get_name()), repr(self.network))
 
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return six.text_type(self.get_name())
+
     @_string_output
     def __str__(self):
-        return self.get_name()
+        return self.__unicode__()
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
         if type(self) is type(other):
@@ -3966,40 +3971,22 @@ def md5(text):
 
 
 def _unicode(text):
-    if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+    if isinstance(text, six.binary_type):
-        if type(text) in (bytes, bytearray):
+        return six.text_type(text, "utf-8")
-            return str(text, "utf-8")
+    elif isinstance(text, six.text_type):
-        elif type(text) == str:
         return text
     else:
-            return str(text)
+        return six.text_type(text)
-
-    elif sys.version_info[0] == 2:
-        if type(text) in (str,):
-            return unicode(text, "utf-8")
-        elif type(text) == unicode:
-            return text
-        else:
-            return unicode(text)
 
 
-def _string(text):
+def _string(string):
     """For Python2 routines that can only process str type."""
-
+    if isinstance(string, str):
-    if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+        return string
-        if type(text) != str:
+    casted = six.text_type(string)
-            return str(text)
+    if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
-        else:
+        casted = casted.encode("utf-8")
-            return text
+    return casted
-
-    elif sys.version_info[0] == 2:
-        if type(text) == str:
-            return text
-
-        if type(text) == int:
-            return str(text)
-
-        return text.encode("utf-8")
 
 
 def _collect_nodes(limit, sender, method_name, cacheable, params=None):

setup.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ setup(
     name="pylast",
     version="1.0.0",
     author="Amr Hassan <amr.hassan@gmail.com>",
+    install_requires=['six'],
     tests_require=['mock', 'pytest', 'coverage', 'pep8', 'pyyaml', 'pyflakes'],
     description=("A Python interface to Last.fm "
                  "(and other API compatible social networks)"),

tests/request_test.py

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import mock
-import pytest
-
-import pylast
-
-
-def mock_network():
-    return mock.Mock(
-        _get_ws_auth=mock.Mock(return_value=("", "", ""))
-    )
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('unicode_artist', [u'\xe9lafdasfdsafdsa', u'ééééééé'])
-def test_get_cache_key(unicode_artist):
-    request = pylast._Request(mock_network(), 'some_method',
-                              params={'artist': unicode_artist})
-    request._get_cache_key()

tests/unicode_test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import mock
+import pytest
+import six
+
+import pylast
+
+
+def mock_network():
+    return mock.Mock(
+        _get_ws_auth=mock.Mock(return_value=("", "", ""))
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('artist', [
+    u'\xe9lafdasfdsafdsa', u'ééééééé',
+    pylast.Artist(u'B\xe9l', mock_network()),
+    'fdasfdsafsaf not unicode',
+])
+def test_get_cache_key(artist):
+    request = pylast._Request(mock_network(), 'some_method',
+                              params={'artist': artist})
+    request._get_cache_key()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('obj', [pylast.Artist(u'B\xe9l', mock_network())])
+def test_cast(obj):
+    assert type(six.text_type(obj)) is six.text_type

tox.ini

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ deps =
      pyyaml
      pytest
      mock
+     ipdb
      pytest-cov
 commands = py.test -v --cov pylast --cov-report term-missing {posargs}
 
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ commands =
     pyflakes tests
     pep8 pylast
     pep8 tests
-    clonedigger pylast -o /dev/stdout | grep -E "Clones detected\|lines are duplicates"
+    ./clonedigger.sh