python-3.6 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xed'

[pavelrevak]

from your example:

In [1]: from ares_util.ares import call_ares
In [2]: call_ares(42)
Out[2]: False
In [3]: call_ares('68407700')
Out[3]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
UnicodeEncodeError                        Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-d55edeea105c> in <module>()
----> 1 call_ares('68407700')
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/IPython/core/displayhook.py in __call__(self, result)
    259             self.fill_exec_result(result)
    260             if format_dict:
--> 261                 self.write_format_data(format_dict, md_dict)
    262                 self.log_output(format_dict)
    263             self.finish_displayhook()
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/IPython/core/displayhook.py in write_format_data(self, format_dict, md_dict)
    188                 result_repr = '\n' + result_repr
    189 
--> 190         print(result_repr)
    191 
    192     def update_user_ns(self, result):
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xed' in position 75: ordinal not in range(128

[illagrenan]

It looks[1] like a problem with IPython and/or your (output) locale settings.

My suggestions:

1. Try if call_ares function works for you:

res = call_ares('68407700')
assert 'legal' in res
assert 'address' in res

2. Try to upgrade ipython:

pip install --upgrade ipython

3. Try to print (in ipython and standard Python repl) text with accented characters:

print('Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy.')

[1] https://repl.it/@illagrenan/arestest

[pavelrevak]

OK it was caused by wrong locales in terminal.
Thanks