Encoding errors occur when Python expects a different character set than the one used in your CSV file. The default encoding is usually 'utf-8', but if your file uses another encoding like 'iso ...

The unicodecsv is a drop-in replacement for Python 2.7's csv module which supports unicode strings without a hassle. Supported versions are python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, and pypy 2.4.0. Python 2's csv ...

The isinstance statement with unicode does not exist in python3: if isinstance(s, unicode): Here's how I fixed it in my versions, but I still don't know if it's actually the best way to test unicode ...