Python Codecs Module
Codec registry — open, encode, decode, lookup, getencoder. This category documents 8 Python codecs module entries, and each page gives you the full syntax, the parameter list, the return value, and a runnable example. The entries include: codecs.open(), codecs.encode(), codecs.decode(), codecs.lookup(), codecs.getencoder(), codecs.getdecoder(), codecs.EncodedFile(), codecs.escape_decode(). codecs.open() opens a file with a specific encoding. codecs.encode() encodes text to bytes using a named encoding. codecs.decode() decodes bytes to text using a named encoding. codecs.lookup() looks up a codec by name and returns a CodecInfo object. codecs.getencoder() returns the encoder function for the named codec. Codecs Module belongs to the File & Data group alongside Pathlib Module, Shutil Module, Glob Module, Fileinput Module. You can also search across every category from the search page, browse the complete A–Z index, or try any example in the Python playground.