# Python Function Node UnicodeDecodeError

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**Created:** [28 October 2020 21:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/python-function-node-unicodedecodeerror/34986 "2020-10-28T21:28:12Z")
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### Author: ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [29 October 2020 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/python-function-node-unicodedecodeerror/34986/3 "2020-10-29T10:30:46Z")

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... or an exec node calling an external python script.

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