pybyle 1.0.0

PyByle

PyByle is a small library for easy interaction with file and string encodings.

The library currently uses python 3.10 and supports 97 possible encodings The next version of python 3.11 supports all the same encodings as python 3.10 You can learn more about the list of encodings for different versions of the interpreter here: https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings

Installing

pip install pybyle

Getting a complete list of supported characters in a given encoding.

import pybyle


pybyle.get_charset('ascii')  # ['\x00', '\x01', '\x02', '\x03', '\x04', ...]

Converting a string from one encoding to another. Attention! All unsupported characters will be replaced with the set character!

import pybyle


pybyle.convert_encoding('Привет, мир! Hello, world!', encoding='ascii')  # ??????, ???! Hello, world!
pybyle.convert_encoding('Привет, мир! Hello, world!', encoding='ascii', substitute='_')  # ______, ___! Hello, world!

Specifies the encoding of the binary string.

import pybyle


pybyle.detect_bytes_encoding(b'\xd0\x9f\xd1\x80\xd0\xb8\xd0\xb2\xd0\xb5\xd1\x82')  # utf-8

Determining the encoding for a given file.

import pybyle


pybyle.detect_file_encoding('example_utf_8_file.txt')  # utf-8
pybyle.detect_file_encoding('example_cp037_file.txt')  # cp037