Changed splunklib/data.py load function to convert string utf-8 encoded only for utf strings, so that Python XML parser will not throw errors when processing utf-8 encoded responses.

Author: loganknecht

splunklib/data.py

@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ def load(text, match=None):
         'namespaces': [],
         'names': {}
     }
-    root = XML(text.encode('utf-8'))
+
+    if isinstance(text, unicode):
+        text = text.encode('utf-8')
+
+    root = XML(text)
     items = [root] if match is None else root.findall(match)
     count = len(items)
     if count == 0: