From a609e074c7e4d8a87536c731cc1436724cee3e77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Fogg <pfogg@edx.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:35:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Unicode errors in financial assistance.

---
 common/djangoapps/util/views.py               |  4 ++--
 lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py |  6 +++---
 lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py            | 10 +++++-----
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/djangoapps/util/views.py b/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
index aac618862d..50db52864e 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ def _record_feedback_in_zendesk(
     zendesk_api = _ZendeskApi()
 
     additional_info_string = (
-        "Additional information:\n\n" +
-        "\n".join("%s: %s" % (key, value) for (key, value) in additional_info.items() if value is not None)
+        u"Additional information:\n\n" +
+        u"\n".join(u"%s: %s" % (key, value) for (key, value) in additional_info.items() if value is not None)
     )
 
     # Tag all issues with LMS to distinguish channel in Zendesk; requested by student support team
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
index ef87ea0844..3abc9711f4 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class ViewsTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
     """
     def setUp(self):
         super(ViewsTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.course = CourseFactory.create()
+        self.course = CourseFactory.create(display_name=u'teꜱᴛ course')
         self.chapter = ItemFactory.create(category='chapter', parent_location=self.course.location)
         self.section = ItemFactory.create(category='sequential', parent_location=self.chapter.location, due=datetime(2013, 9, 18, 11, 30, 00))
         self.vertical = ItemFactory.create(category='vertical', parent_location=self.section.location)
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class ViewsTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
             'location': unicode(usage_key),
         })
         response = self.client.get(url)
-        response_content = HTMLParser().unescape(response.content)
+        response_content = HTMLParser().unescape(response.content.decode('utf-8'))
 
         # We have update the state 4 times: twice to change content, and twice
         # to set the scores. We'll check that the identifying content from each is
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ class ViewsTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(
             ticket_subject,
-            'Financial assistance request for learner {username} in course {course}'.format(
+            u'Financial assistance request for learner {username} in course {course}'.format(
                 username=username,
                 course=self.course.display_name
             )
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index b86b0f3b91..85de0d5591 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -1477,22 +1477,22 @@ def financial_assistance_request(request):
         ip_address = get_ip(request)
     except ValueError:
         # Thrown if JSON parsing fails
-        return HttpResponseBadRequest('Could not parse request JSON.')
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest(u'Could not parse request JSON.')
     except InvalidKeyError:
         # Thrown if course key parsing fails
-        return HttpResponseBadRequest('Could not parse request course key.')
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest(u'Could not parse request course key.')
     except KeyError as err:
         # Thrown if fields are missing
-        return HttpResponseBadRequest('The field {} is required.'.format(err.message))
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest(u'The field {} is required.'.format(err.message))
 
     zendesk_submitted = _record_feedback_in_zendesk(
         legal_name,
         email,
-        'Financial assistance request for learner {username} in course {course_name}'.format(
+        u'Financial assistance request for learner {username} in course {course_name}'.format(
             username=username,
             course_name=course.display_name
         ),
-        'Financial Assistance Request',
+        u'Financial Assistance Request',
         {'course_id': course_id},
         # Send the application as additional info on the ticket so
         # that it is not shown when support replies. This uses