fix(code): Specify encoding

Specify encoding to ensure cross-platform support when opening file

courts_db/utils.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import re
 from glob import iglob
 from io import open
-from string import Template, punctuation
+from string import Template
 
 db_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
@@ -133,24 +133,30 @@ def load_courts_db():
 
     :return: A python object containing the rendered courts DB
     """
-    with open(os.path.join(db_root, "data", "variables.json"), "r") as v:
+    with open(
+        os.path.join(db_root, "data", "variables.json"), "r", encoding="utf-8"
+    ) as v:
         variables = json.load(v)
 
     for path in iglob(os.path.join(db_root, "data", "places", "*.txt")):
-        with open(path, "r") as p:
+        with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as p:
             places = f"({'|'.join(p.read().splitlines())})"
             variables[path.split(os.path.sep)[-1].split(".txt")[0]] = places
 
     # Add in code to allow ordinal creation for many many judicial district numbers
     # for example 1 to 56 judicial districts
-    with open(os.path.join(db_root, "data", "courts.json"), "r") as f:
+    with open(
+        os.path.join(db_root, "data", "courts.json"), "r", encoding="utf-8"
+    ) as f:
         temp = f.read()
         ord_arrays = re.findall(r"\${(\d+)-(\d+)}", temp)
         for ord in ord_arrays:
             re_ord = f"(({')|('.join(ordinals[int(ord[0])-1: int(ord[1])])}))"
             temp = temp.replace(f"${{{ord[0]}-{ord[1]}}}", re_ord)
 
-    with open(os.path.join(db_root, "data", "courts.json"), "r") as f:
+    with open(
+        os.path.join(db_root, "data", "courts.json"), "r", encoding="utf-8"
+    ) as f:
         s = Template(temp).substitute(**variables)
     s = s.replace("\\", "\\\\")
     data = json.loads(s)

setup.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def read(*parts):
     Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
     resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
     """
-    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
+    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         return f.read()
 
 

tests.py

@@ -155,7 +155,11 @@ def test_json(self):
         """Does our json load properly, and if not where are the issues"""
         try:
             # Load entire json to shortcircuit testing
-            with open(os.path.join(db_root, "data", "courts.json"), "r") as f:
+            with open(
+                os.path.join(db_root, "data", "courts.json"),
+                "r",
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            ) as f:
                 data = f.read()
                 json.loads(data)
                 return