{"library":"morphys","title":"Morphys (Python library)","description":"Morphys is a Python library (version 1.0) designed for smart and common conversions between Unicode (Python `str`) and bytes types. It aims to simplify handling character encodings, offering a consistent interface for these essential text processing operations. While available on PyPI, specific details about its ongoing development or release cadence are not publicly detailed beyond its initial release in 2018.","language":"python","status":"active","last_verified":"Mon May 18","install":{"commands":["pip install morphys"],"cli":null},"imports":["from morphys import to_unicode","from morphys import to_bytes"],"auth":{"required":false,"env_vars":[]},"quickstart":{"code":"from morphys import to_unicode, to_bytes\n\n# Example 1: Convert a Unicode string to bytes\nunicode_string = \"Hello, world! 👋\"\nencoded_bytes = to_bytes(unicode_string, encoding=\"utf-8\")\nprint(f\"Unicode string: {unicode_string}\")\nprint(f\"Encoded bytes: {encoded_bytes}\")\n\n# Example 2: Convert bytes back to a Unicode string\ndecoded_string = to_unicode(encoded_bytes, encoding=\"utf-8\")\nprint(f\"Decoded string: {decoded_string}\")\n\n# Example 3: Handling potential non-UTF8 characters (assuming default error handling)\n# If 'morphys' has smart handling, it might try other encodings or use 'replace'/'ignore'\n# This example still explicitly uses UTF-8 and shows a common issue if characters are not valid\ntry:\n    latin1_bytes = b'caf\\xe9'\n    print(f\"\\nAttempting to decode latin1 bytes: {latin1_bytes}\")\n    decoded_from_latin1 = to_unicode(latin1_bytes, encoding=\"utf-8\", errors=\"strict\")\n    print(f\"Decoded with strict UTF-8: {decoded_from_latin1}\")\nexcept UnicodeDecodeError as e:\n    print(f\"Error decoding with strict UTF-8 (expected): {e}\")\n    # Using 'replace' error handling for robustness\n    decoded_from_latin1_safe = to_unicode(latin1_bytes, encoding=\"utf-8\", errors=\"replace\")\n    print(f\"Decoded with UTF-8 (replace errors): {decoded_from_latin1_safe}\")","lang":"python","description":"This quickstart demonstrates the core functionality of `morphys`: converting between Python's Unicode `str` type and `bytes`. It shows encoding a string to bytes and then decoding the bytes back to a string, using the common `utf-8` encoding. 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