python3 default encoding UnicodeDecodeError ascii using apache WSGI

finally found the answer when reading the file changed from

open('/path/to/feedback.html').read()

import codecswith codecs.open(file_path,'r',encoding='utf8') as f:     text = f.read()

if anyone has a more general approach that will work, I'll accept his answer

python apache encoding utf-8 web.py

A Python 2+3 solution would be:

import iowith io.open(file_path, mode='r', encoding='utf8') as f:     text = f.read()

See the documentation of io.open.

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