In workflow, how to decode a text file with special characters?

[Youssouf_Ouologuem]

Hi,

I have a text file that contains a dictionary in a foreign language that uses special characters. I have the file in Retool Storage and would like to access it in a workflow.

There are two issues:

1. I cannot access the file content using Python; I'm getting this error:

2. 2. I have tried Retool's decoder, but it is not returning the special characters. Is this something I can fix using Python in Retool, or do I have to host the file somewhere else?

Here is a sample of the file's content:

[ScottR]

Any reason you have to use Python?

[Youssouf_Ouologuem]

It is because the next codes are in Python

[Youssouf_Ouologuem]

anyone can help me with this?

[jocen]

Hi @Youssouf_Ouologuem, I encounter this for an auto email workflow that we have. Context:

• webhook triggered workflow
• parameter "subject" will sometimes contain non-ascii characters
• the output (email) should have a readable subject but still contains non-ascii characters.

This is my js code to adjust this:

That string will be decoded by Gmail api and the user will receive something like this:

This was an earlier test but you get the gist here. Not sure if this helps you in your use case.

[Kabirdas]

Hey folks! Just want to mention here that you don't need {{}} in code blocks, you should be able to reference other blocks directly!