unicode "Device type" #286

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adam · 2025-12-29T16:20:32+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 16:20:32 +01:00

Originally created by @milentrifonov on GitHub (Jul 25, 2016).

Adding non ascii character in "Device type" field causes the exception:
<type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'>
'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u042f' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)

Not sure if this is intentional or not to use only ascii symbol for "Device type" name, but after this this record is unusable and cannot be deleted.
Steps to reproduce:

Go to "Device Types" -> "+Add a device type"
For device Model type something in cyrillic letters
Click "Create"
You get the error:
type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'
'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u042f' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)

Originally created by @milentrifonov on GitHub (Jul 25, 2016). Adding non ascii character in "Device type" field causes the exception: <type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'> 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u042f' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128) Not sure if this is intentional or not to use only ascii symbol for "Device type" name, but after this this record is unusable and cannot be deleted. Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to "Device Types" -> "+Add a device type" 2. For device Model type something in cyrillic letters 3. Click "Create" 4. You get the error: type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError' 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u042f' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)

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2025-12-29 16:20:32 +01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 16:20:33 +01:00

@milentrifonov commented on GitHub (Jul 25, 2016):

After some debugging I found that this is due to handling nonunicode strings in some python functions. Like print formating in examle:
here in netbox/dcim/models.py on line 407 if I change:
def unicode(self):
return "{} {}".format(self.manufacturer, self.model)

to

def __unicode__(self):
    return u"{} {}".format(self.manufacturer, self.model)

it works without exception.

As a workaround I decided to put
from future import unicode_literals
in the beginning of all (or most) python files in the applicatin

@milentrifonov commented on GitHub (Jul 25, 2016): After some debugging I found that this is due to handling nonunicode strings in some python functions. Like print formating in examle: here in netbox/dcim/models.py on line 407 if I change: def **unicode**(self): return "{} {}".format(self.manufacturer, self.model) to ``` def __unicode__(self): return u"{} {}".format(self.manufacturer, self.model) ``` it works without exception. As a workaround I decided to put from **future** import unicode_literals in the beginning of all (or most) python files in the applicatin

adam commented

2025-12-29 16:20:33 +01:00

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jul 25, 2016):

This was fixed in v1.3.1. Please upgrade to the latest code.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jul 25, 2016): This was fixed in v1.3.1. Please upgrade to the latest code.

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2025-12-29 22:19:15 +01:00

[PR #286] [MERGED] Release v1.2.1 #12035

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2025-12-29 22:19:23 +01:00

[PR #440] [CLOSED] Report features #12056

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