In addition to the String arguments, an encoding argument is also accepted. By default the encoding will be utf-8.

All converted strings are returned as Unicode strings.

>>> UnicodeString().to_python(None)
''
>>> UnicodeString().to_python([])
u''
>>> UnicodeString(encoding='utf-7').to_python('Ni Ni Ni')
u'Ni Ni Ni'

Messages

badEncoding:

Invalid data or incorrect encoding

badType:

The input must be a string (not a %(type)s: %(value)r)

empty:

Please enter a value

noneType:

The input must be a string (not None)

tooLong:

Enter a value less than %(max)i characters long

tooShort:

Enter a value %(min)i characters long or more