[Pyparsing] PayPal IPN message parsing

[Werner F. B. <wer...@fr...>]

I am having some problems decoding these messages.

The data comes in as an email message with a defined content type as 
"Content-Type: text/plain", however it is really Content-Type: 
text/plain; charset="windows-1252", so I read it in with

thisfile = codecs.open(regFile, "r", "windows-1252").

The parsing works fine except on things like:

address_name = Göran Petterson

Which I parse with:
         alphanums = pyp.Word(pyp.alphanums)

         # address
         str_add_name = pyp.Literal("address_name =").suppress() +\
                               alphanums + pyp.restOfLine
         add_name = str_add_name.setParseAction(self.str_add_nameAction)

But I get in str_add_nameAction:
([u'G', u'\xf6ran Petterson\r'], {})

The raw data at this point is "address_name = G\xf6ran Petterson"

What am I doing wrong in all this?

I tried using pyp.printables instead of alphanums but with the same result.

A tip would be very much appreciated.

Werner

P.S.
Happy New Year to you all.