not working with Unicode characters in API

[Mrithul-E]

utf-8 not working with base64 , cant use ascii in Unicode

[jihchi]

Could you please provide an example of the mermaid code?

[Mrithul-E]

import base64
import json
import zlib

def generate_pako_url(graph_definition):
    payload = {
        "code": graph_definition,
        "mermaid": {"theme": "default"}
    }
    json_string = json.dumps(payload)
    compressed_data = zlib.compress(json_string.encode('utf-8'), level=9)
    base64_encoded = base64.b64encode(compressed_data).decode('utf-8')
    return f"http://mermaid.ink/svg/pako:{base64_encoded}"


graph = """
graph LR
   A[പാപ്പിനിശ്ശേരി] --> B(കണ്ണൂർ ജില്ലയിലെ ഒരു ഗ്രാമ പഞ്ചായത്ത്)
   B --> C(2017-18 വർഷത്തെ മികച്ച ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്)
"""

print(generate_pako_url(graph))

content = requests.get(generate_pako_url(graph)).content

with open("id.svg", "wb") as svg:
    svg.write(content)

not working :http://mermaid.ink/svg/pako:eNqlkk0LwjAMhv9K6EnBQT+2dXgQnFdPXp2HsnZOcFPGdhr777p00ICIBy/haZq8zVsysvJhHdsCK9prZ541HE9FCwD7czFwK80clQscW5KvkLPAKg01C2tk7msuEEU7yFfzSSTYrYiqZzlHXQIWlURcEnFkWX3cpr5Nhldj4VOadHNiy0FwJFwoEtS7dxqTWRde42/l6OuwklzoSGSoqBLvA1l/6ffjShd8+G8Rhg7yw8Cf87MNsMZ1jbnZ9yKMrK9dgythXWWGe8+m6QXU2qo4

but mermaid.live auto correct the pako that work, please help me write the code to convert the text to a working pako url.

[Mrithul-E]

@jihchi how to convert a text to that working pako

[jihchi]

I used Mermaid Live Editor and it works for me:

https://mermaid.ink/img/pako:eNqFkTFLAzEUx79KeFOFO7Auyg2CrW666KZxCE3aO-hdjpgMUjrooJOLUAQRFx3EoZaS00X0q-Sj-PK0Ki4uf977v_fPLyQj6GmpIIOBEXXOtnd5xRjbOAj-Mfi3qM0F1e_BP5A-k4N6HvwMnUOWpuus0wp-EvwdDVFPQ_PKgr-hyJzcefBPi_YMZ5cx35xgdUXzGQGnjHC3ZF2Thal7aqMu0QU7BO22Vpbbq2l7DTMNAoN_-bUaGVMCTuJJdN5f2D8sSKBUphSFxBcaRTIHm6tScciwlKov3NBy4NUYV4Wzeu-46kFmjVMJuFoKqzYLgW9bQtYXw6Nvd0sWVpvFpqJu5_Mn6EMSqEW1r_VPzmg3yL-68QcSFekk?type=png

For Python code, please refer to #396 to see if that helps.

[Mrithul-E]

oh thank you @jihchi ❤️

its now working