SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc3' in file ./ia on line 3

[ghost]

Just downloaded the ia binary linked at https://archive.org/services/docs/api/internetarchive/installation.html#binaries

I did chmod +x but anytime I run, with or without arguments, it I get the following:

% ./ia help
  File "./ia", line 2
SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc3' in file ./ia on line 3, but no encoding declared; see http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details

Python 2.7.16
macOS 11.4 (Big Sur) M1 processor.

Edit (more info): Shell % echo $LANG
en_IE.UTF-8
Same error explained on stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26899235/python-nltk-syntaxerror-non-ascii-character-xc3-in-file-sentiment-analysis

[jjjake]

Interesting, I have not seen this issue before and am unable to replicate it. I'm not sure what's going on here, but I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the report!

[ghost]

Thanks a lot :) And if there's a workaround for M1 in the mean time, I'm all ears! https://archive.org/details/amiga-ireland

[ghost]

Update: not sure if this is due to brew upgrades, but there's been some change. This is what I get now for output for "ia help". Different results for python2 and python3.

% ia help
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/local/bin/ia", line 11, in <module>
   load_entry_point('internetarchive==2.0.3', 'console_scripts', 'ia')()
 File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 489, in load_entry_point
   return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
 File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2843, in load_entry_point
   return ep.load()
 File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2434, in load
   return self.resolve()
 File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2440, in resolve
   module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'], level=0)
 File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/internetarchive-2.0.3-py2.7.egg/internetarchive/cli/__init__.py", line 27, in <module>
   from internetarchive.cli import (ia, ia_configure, ia_delete, ia_download,
 File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/internetarchive-2.0.3-py2.7.egg/internetarchive/cli/ia.py", line 67, in <module>
   from schema import Schema, Or, SchemaError
 File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/schema-0.7.4-py2.7.egg/schema.py", line 10, in <module>
   from contextlib2 import ExitStack
 File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/contextlib2-21.6.0-py2.7.egg/contextlib2/__init__.py", line 56
   async def __aenter__(self):
           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

iMac ~ % 
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iMac ~ % python3 $(which ia help)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/local/bin/ia", line 6, in <module>
   from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
 File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3243, in <module>
   def _initialize_master_working_set():
 File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3226, in _call_aside
   f(*args, **kwargs)
 File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3255, in _initialize_master_working_set
   working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
 File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 568, in _build_master
   ws.require(__requires__)
 File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 886, in require
   needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
 File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 772, in resolve
   raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'internetarchive==2.0.3' distribution was not found and is required by the application
iMac ~ % 

[JustAnotherArchivist]

The first traceback shows that contextlib2 no longer supports Python 2 (which has been EOL for nearly two years now). It was indeed dropped recently.

The second traceback is what I'd expect with any invocation that doesn't call the binary. The binary already contains Python and all package dependencies; because the latter aren't actually installed on the system, your system python3 can't find them.

[ghost]

The binary already contains Python and all package dependencies; because the latter aren't actually installed on the system, your system python3 can't find them.

I see. The docs at the link in my first post say that the "requirement for using the binaries is that you have Python installed on a Unix-like operating system."

Workaround: Installing internetarchive with brew on the command line has given me a functioning binary.

[JustAnotherArchivist]

My mistake, I was thinking of something else there. Python itself actually isn't packaged and does need to be installed. python3 ./ia help works fine for me though with Python 3.9.7. (Straight ./ia help doesn't because the hashbang references a python executable and I uninstalled Python 2 a long time ago.)

[ghost]

I'm assuming there must be a difference between the direct binary available at the link in my first post and what is provided by home-brew. But I'm happy to have a working setup again. For anyone else having the issues in my 1st or 3rd post, just get it from a repo such as brew/apt and not from https://archive.org/services/docs/api/internetarchive/installation.html#binaries

Edit: @jjjake posted advice below. Better to heed that.

[JustAnotherArchivist]

Yes, the brew installation is completely unrelated to the ia-pex binary. As far as I can see from the formula, it seems to simply install Python 3.9 and the ia Python package with its dependencies directly (in an isolated manner).

[jjjake]

For the record, I would not suggest using brew to install internetarchive. I would suggest using one of the methods listed here.

ia works fine for me on Python 2 when installed with pip, easy_install, or using the binary. I'm unable to replicate your issue, but I'll keep poking around. Thanks for the report!

[JustAnotherArchivist]

@jjjake With Python 2 support dropped, I'm pretty sure this is no longer relevant and can be closed.