ftfy (Fixes Text For You) is a Python library designed to clean up Unicode text that has gone wrong, often due to mojibake, encoding mismatches, or badly-decoded HTML. It intelligently detects and corrects common text issues after the fact, making your data more readable and usable. The current version is 6.3.1, and releases are somewhat irregular but actively maintained.
pip install ftfyVerified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.
Demonstrates fixing a simple mojibake string and using `fix_and_explain` to understand the transformations applied.
Thoroughly test ftfy's behavior on your specific data after upgrading. For detailed insights into changes, use `ftfy.fix_and_explain()`.
Update your code to `from ftfy import fix_and_explain` and use the new top-level function.
Ensure your Python environment is 3.9 or higher. If you need to use an older Python version, you must pin ftfy to a 5.x version (e.g., `ftfy<6`).
Only use ftfy when you suspect genuine text corruption. Understand its scope as a mojibake and encoding repair tool rather than a general-purpose text cleaner.
You need to install the ftfy package using pip: `pip install ftfy`
Iterate over the list and apply `ftfy.fix_text()` to each string, or concatenate the list of strings into a single string before passing it to the function. Example: `fixed_text_list = [ftfy.fix_text(s) for s in my_list_of_strings]` or `single_string = ' '.join(my_list_of_strings); fixed_string = ftfy.fix_text(single_string)`
Avoid direct import or calling of `ftfy.bad_codecs`. The necessary codecs are registered automatically upon `import ftfy`. If a linter insists, `ftfy.bad_codecs.ok()` can be called to satisfy it, but it typically has no functional effect beyond registration.
Install the missing dependency using pip: `pip install wcwidth` (or `pip install python-wcwidth` depending on your package manager and environment).
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