open track file in UTF8 encoding

michaelbrooks · Apr 18, 2014 · 9dad2f2 · 9dad2f2
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commit 9dad2f2
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diff --git a/twitter_monitor/checker.py b/twitter_monitor/checker.py
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ def update_tracking_terms(self):
         Terms must be one-per-line.
         Blank lines will be skipped.
         """
-        with open(self.filename) as input:
+        import codecs
+        with codecs.open(self.filename,"r", encoding='utf8') as input:
             # read all the lines
             lines = input.readlines()