# Unable to get Chinese characters in Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-get-chinese-characters-in-ignition/67220>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-get-chinese-characters-in-ignition/67220 "2022-12-05T06:33:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@Omii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Omii)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-get-chinese-characters-in-ignition/67220/1 "2022-12-05T06:33:42Z")

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Hello  
I tried by printing Chinese language in script console and its print expected which is mentioned in Screenshot 1.

And I am getting problem in getting Chinese words by using API please go through Screenshot 2 for more details.

**Screenshots:**

Screenshot 1:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/0/40e248d51bc98eec8fa1a461ee1a2f80bbba8538.png)

Screenshot 2:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/a/daaecd0521f5f3f2ab44157497c451e659997cd0.jpeg)

Legends:

1. 

```
 Function called in script console.

```

2. Getting this font while getting using api where I expected the correct Chinese words.

3. API path.

4. Returning Data from function executed.

Please help me into this.

I am waiting for your positive response.  
Thanks and regards,  
Omkar Dengle

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**Author:** ![nideyijuyidong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@nideyijuyidong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nideyijuyidong)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-get-chinese-characters-in-ignition/67220/2 "2022-12-05T09:35:47Z")

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It's python2, use `u` before str, like u'测试'.  
By the way, if you want edit incoming parameters, ` u'{}'.format()` is a good choice.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-get-chinese-characters-in-ignition/67220/3 "2022-12-05T12:53:18Z")

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Or avoid python libraries like urllib and requests. Use native java methods instead. Also, use `system.net.httpClient()` instead of `httpGet()`, as it has more modern encoding support.