Filtering out certain bytes in python

Question

I\'m getting this error in my python program: ValueError: All strings must be XML compatible: Unicode or ASCII, no NULL bytes or control characters

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Answer 1

you may refer to the solution on this website:

https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/pipermail/lxml/2011-July/006090.html

That solution works for me. You may also have to consider John Machin's solution.

Good luck!