explicitly set UTF-8 encoding

Author: somegenericdev

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 def feed():
     rssPath = Path.home() / ".hackernewsdrss"
     if os.path.exists(rssPath):
-        with open(rssPath, "r") as rss:
+        with open(rssPath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as rss:
             return Response(rss.read(), mimetype='text/xml')
     else:
         return render_template_string('PageNotFound {{ errorCode }}', errorCode='404'), 404
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def feed():
 def feedHn():
     rssPath = Path.home() / ".hackernewsdrss_hn"
     if os.path.exists(rssPath):
-        with open(rssPath, "r") as rss:
+        with open(rssPath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as rss:
             return Response(rss.read(), mimetype='text/xml')
     else:
         return render_template_string('PageNotFound {{ errorCode }}', errorCode='404'), 404
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def initLogger():
     logFilePath = str(Path.home() / ".hackernewsdlog")
 
     if not os.path.exists(logFilePath):
-        with open(logFilePath, "w") as logFile:
+        with open(logFilePath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as logFile:
             logFile.write("")
 
     log_formatter = logging.Formatter('[%(asctime)s %(levelname)s] %(message)s', "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

src/app.py

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def processPage(self, pageNumber):
 
     def readRcFile(self):
         rcFilePath = Path.home() / ".hackernewsdrc"
-        with open(rcFilePath, "r") as rcFile:
+        with open(rcFilePath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as rcFile:
             return rcFile.read()
 
 
@@ -100,21 +100,21 @@ def generateRss(self, stories, useHackernewsUrl=False):
 
         rss = fg.rss_str(pretty=True).decode('utf-8')
         rssFilePath = Path.home() / ".hackernewsdrss_hn" if useHackernewsUrl else Path.home() / ".hackernewsdrss"
-        with open(rssFilePath, "w") as rssPath:
+        with open(rssFilePath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as rssPath:
             rssPath.write(rss)
 
 
     def getOldStories(self):
         storiesDbPath = Path.home() / ".hackernewsddb"
         if os.path.exists(storiesDbPath):
-            with open(storiesDbPath, "r") as dbFile:
+            with open(storiesDbPath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as dbFile:
                 return jsonpickle.decode(dbFile.read())
         else:
             return []
 
     def writeOldStories(self, stories):
         storiesDbPath = Path.home() / ".hackernewsddb"
-        with open(storiesDbPath, "w") as dbFile:
+        with open(storiesDbPath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as dbFile:
             dbFile.write(jsonpickle.encode(stories))
 
     def scrape(self):