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    copied!<p>I have a model form with a file field on it. I have a post_save signal attached to the model so that I can then pass the uploaded file on to a 3rd-party via a web service (using <a href="https://fedorahosted.org/suds/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Suds</a>). The web service call is dying when I try to pass it the file contents: it throws "UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte . . . " (much like in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2953651/python-unicode-decode-error-suds">this SO question</a>).</p> <p>The thing I don't get: when I dump out the file contents to screen during my signal call, it looks like a mess of badly-encoded garbage:</p> <pre><code>åÉe Qçú&gt;↑ Åû½ΣΘ⌐v^τ  F,K╪Y&lt;▲î°bαⁿ╡ê5  ╜ù  sö╛Aî▲ƒF|04∙f╛@╙We⌡  ╤â╩_α↑└ƒ∙│ßï(è═|←⌂┌▒■µ'£─♂  ¢V↓ⁿq_;εδ▼εb&lt;í╜ƒÅΩN00τó╛‼¥U╫Z─)?¬∞┐Γ╠C4ä▬Il☼Jº╚J╥Ñ├¿öÆi2═♂ïσNù&amp;▐╤╡╔ΩIêµ╬]└@Üα╒→║¶\⌐UÑ╬çµ∟h⌂¼┘ë¢←↕╚↔ùα▌.¢d╖Y¡,♫½qÆ~╞äLX┬ä[┬2≥¥í=&lt;ß▼]Hⁿ↕!b÷ ñÑU┌M╥╦m¼'½ù'∞"'£└►oêu↓q┘ôÉ&gt;i_÷αµ0♥k§w▒c╠═╬6╙N2▀!)`► </code></pre> <p>when I grab the same object via the command line and call the exact same method on it, it all looks nicely encoded:</p> <pre><code>\x00F,K\xd8Y&lt;\x1e\x8c\xf8b\xe0\xfc\xb5\x885\xff\x00\xbd\x97\xff\x00s\x07\x94\xbeA\x8c\x1e\x9fF|04\xf9f\xbe@\xd3We\xf5\xff\x00\xd1\x83\xca_\xe0\x18\xc0\x9f\xf9\xb3\xe1\x8b(\x8a\xcd|\x1b\x7f\xda\xb1\xfe\xe6\'\x9c\xc4\x0b\xff\x00\x9bV\x19\x07\xfcq_;\xee\xeb\x1f\xeeb&lt;\xa1\xbd\x9f\x8f\xeaN00\xe7\xa2\xbe\x13\x9dU\xd7Z\xc4)?\xaa\xec\xbf\xe2\xccC4\x84\x16Il\x0fJ\xa7\xc8J\xd2\xa5\xc3\xa8\x94\x92i2\xcd\x0b\x8b\xe5N\x97&amp;\xde\xd1\xb5\xc9\xeaI\x88\xe6\xce]\xc0@\x9a\xe0\xd5\x1a\xba\x14\\\xa9U\xa5\xce\x87\xe6\x1ch\x7f\xac\xd9\x89\x9b\x1b\x12\xc8\x1d\x97\xe0\xdd.\x9bd\xb7Y\xad,\x0e\xabq\x92~\xc6\x84LX\xc2\x84[\xc22\xf2\x9d\xa1=&lt;\xe1\x1f]H\xfc\x12!b\xf6\x00\xa4\xa5U\xdaM\xd2\xcbm\xac\'\xab\x97\'\xec"\'\x9c\xc0\x10o\x88u\x19q\xd9\x93\x90&gt;i_\xf6\xe0\xe60\x03k\x15w\xb1c\xcc\xcd\xce6\xd3N2\xdf!)`\x10\nB\x8a\xaes\x13\xad\xd4a\x19\xa7p?\xff\xd9' </code></pre> <p>What's happening between the two steps and how can I get the proper contents back? Grabbing a second version of the object during my signal just gives me back the badly-encoded mess again. N.B., this is happening on Windows.</p>
 

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