Merge pull request #16 from onesteinbv/add_python3_compatibility

Add compatibility with Python 3

Author: steffex

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This library supports only the v2 api.
 
 pyPostcode consists of a single file (pyPostcode.py) that you can put in your python search path or in site-packages (or dist-packages depending on the platform)
 You can also simply run it by putting it in the same directory as you main script file or start a python interpreter in the same directory.
-pyPostcode works with Python 2.7.x (you're welcome to test other versions)
+pyPostcode works with Python 2.7.x and 3.5.x (you're welcome to test other versions)
 
 ### API-key
 

pyPostcode/__init__.py

@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@
 pyPostcode is an api wrapper for http://postcodeapi.nu
 '''
 
+try:
+    from urllib.request import urlopen, Request  # for Python 3
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib2 import urlopen, Request  # for Python 2
 
-import urllib2
 import json
 import logging
 
 
-__version__ = '0.4'
+__version__ = '0.5'
 
 
 class pyPostcodeException(Exception):
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ def request(self, path=None):
             "X-Api-Key": self.api_key,
         }
 
-        result = urllib2.urlopen(urllib2.Request(
+        result = urlopen(Request(
             self.url + path, headers=headers,
         ))
 
@@ -70,6 +73,8 @@ def request(self, path=None):
 
         resultdata = result.read()
 
+        if isinstance(resultdata, bytes):
+            resultdata = resultdata.decode("utf-8")  # for Python 3
         jsondata = json.loads(resultdata)
 
         if self.api_version >= (2, 0, 0):

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 setup(
   name = 'pyPostcode',
   packages = ['pyPostcode'],
-  version = '0.3',
+  version = '0.5',
   description = 'Request information about Dutch addresses from the PostcodeApi.nu API',
   author = 'Stefan Jansen',
   author_email = 'stefan@steffex.net',