pip install unicodecsv==0.14.1

Python2's stdlib csv module is nice, but it doesn't support unicode. This module is a drop-in replacement which *does*.

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Version usage of unicodecsv

Proportion of downloaded versions in the last 3 months (only versions over 1%).

0.14.1

99.58%