htmlmin: pass in string get error: unicode argument expected, got 'str'

Question

I am a newb to Python and can't figure this out. I have a html string stored as myHtmlString, but get error: unicode argument expected, got 'str'. I am trying to minify the html string and remove extra spaces.

import htmlmin

myHtmlString ="""<body   style="background-color: tomato;">
                <h1>  htmlmin   rocks</h1>
                 <pre>
                    and rolls
                 </pre>
                 </body>"""

myHtmlString2  = htmlmin.minify(myHtmlString, remove_empty_space=True)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '17 at 01:02

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Got it:

myHtmlString2  = htmlmin.minify(unicode(myHtmlString, "utf-8"), remove_empty_space=True)

answered Jan 25 '17 at 01:02

Nathan Gisvold

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htmlmin: pass in string get error: unicode argument expected, got 'str'

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