To fix the UnicodeDecodeError when running pipreqs, you can follow these steps:
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Make sure you have the latest version of pip installed by running the following command:
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
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If the issue still persists, you can try modifying the pipreqs source code as follows:
1. Locate the pipreqs package in your Python installation directory. It can usually be found in "lib/site-packages/pipreqs". 2. Open the "pipreqs.py" file with a text editor. 3. Look for the line that reads: "
requirements = requirements.decode('utf-8')
". 4. Replace it with: "requirements = requirements.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
". - Save the changes and run pipreqs again. The UnicodeDecodeError should no longer occur.
Here’s an example of the modified code:
# pipreqs.py import sys import os def get_file_encoding(filepath): # Some code here def process_file(filepath): # Some code here def generate_requirements(): # Some code here # Main method if __name__ == '__main__': reload(sys) sys.setdefaultencoding('UTF8') # Added line to set default encoding to UTF8 path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) args = sys.argv[1:] max_args = len(args) path_param = '' file_list_param = [] # Parsing command line options # Some code here if not path_param: if max_args == 0: path_param = path else: path_param = args[0] generate_requirements()