Delete every non utf-8 symbols from string

Question

I have a big amount of files and parser. What I Have to do is strip all non utf-8 symbols and put data in mongodb. Currently I have code like this.

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Answer 1

Example to handle no utf-8 characters

import string

test=u"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHi <>\nthis is filler text \xa325 more filler.\nadditilnal filler.\n\nyet more\xa0still more\xa0filler.\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\nmore\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfiller.\x03\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    almost there \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthe end\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"

print ''.join(x for x in test if x in string.printable)