Fixed .encode error (returns byte array in Python 3+) using try/catch.

AlchemyAPI · AlchemyAPI · commit 651a28a5054f · 2014-06-20T10:21:20.000-06:00
diff --git a/alchemyapi.py b/alchemyapi.py
@@ -737,8 +737,12 @@ def __analyze(self, endpoint, params, post_data=bytearray()):
         params['outputMode'] = 'json'
         # Insert the base url
 
-        post_url = AlchemyAPI.BASE_URL + endpoint + \
-            '?' + urlencode(params).encode('utf-8')
+        post_url = ""
+        try:
+            post_url = AlchemyAPI.BASE_URL + endpoint + \
+                '?' + urlencode(params).encode('utf-8')
+        except TypeError:
+            post_url = AlchemyAPI.BASE_URL + endpoint + '?' + urlencode(params)
 
         results = ""
         try:
