From db87e4b8084966d9b1f6c72f225d13bf62d7eb3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Reitz Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 19:44:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] fix Signed-off-by: Kenneth Reitz --- requests_html.py | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/requests_html.py b/requests_html.py index e0a564e..49d8cbb 100644 --- a/requests_html.py +++ b/requests_html.py @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class BaseParser: return self._encoding # Scan meta tags for chaset. - self._encoding = html_to_unicode(self.default_encoding, self.html.encode(DEFAULT_ENCODING))[0] + if self._html: + self._encoding = html_to_unicode(self.default_encoding, self.html.encode(DEFAULT_ENCODING))[0] return self._encoding if self._encoding else self.default_encoding