Fix encoding problems in python2

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 *.pyc
-/core/__pycache__/
+__pycache__/
 /Music/
 /*.txt

core/misc.py

@@ -78,12 +78,14 @@ def feed_tracks(file, tracks):
 
 # generate filename of the song to be downloaded
 def generate_filename(title):
-    raw_title = title.replace(' ', '_')
+    # IMO python2 sucks dealing with unicode
+    title = fix_encoding(title, decode=True)
+    title = title.replace(' ', '_')
     # slugify removes any special characters
-    filename = slugify(raw_title, ok='-_()[]{}', lower=False)
+    filename = slugify(title, ok='-_()[]{}', lower=False)
     return filename
 
-# please respect this user token :)
+# please respect these credentials :)
 def generate_token():
     creds = oauth2.SpotifyClientCredentials(
         client_id='4fe3fecfe5334023a1472516cc99d805',
@@ -97,11 +99,12 @@ def generate_search_URL(song):
     return URL
 
 # fix encoding issues in python2
-def fix_encoding(query):
+def fix_encoding(query, decode=False):
-    if sys.version_info > (3, 0):
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
-        return query
+        query = query.encode('utf-8')
-    else:
+        if decode:
-        return query.encode('utf-8')
+            query = query.decode('utf-8')
+    return query
 
 def grace_quit():
     print('')

spotdl.py

@@ -297,8 +297,7 @@ def grab_single(raw_song, number=None):
     # otherwise print "[artist] - [song]"
     print(get_YouTube_title(content, number))
     # generate file name of the song to download
-    title = misc.fix_encoding(content.title)
+    music_file = misc.generate_filename(content.title)
-    music_file = misc.generate_filename(title)
     if not check_exists(music_file, raw_song, islist=islist):
         download_song(content)
         print('')

test/.cache/v/cache/lastfailed

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}

test/test_sample.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# content of test_sample.py
+def func(x):
+    return x + 1
+
+def test_answer():
+    assert func(3) == 4