From 6a3539882caf500e1287c0f71d107a4db1a45862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Virendra Rajput <virendra.rajput567@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 22:59:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update twython.py

if unicode object is detected, convert it to json using simplejson/json
---
 twython/twython.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/twython/twython.py b/twython/twython.py
index aff9967..afd968b 100644
--- a/twython/twython.py
+++ b/twython/twython.py
@@ -186,7 +186,12 @@ class Twython(object):
         #  why? twitter will return invalid json with an error code in the headers
         json_error = False
         try:
-            content = content.json()
+            try:
+                # try to get json
+                content = content.json()
+            except AttributeError:
+                # if unicode detected
+                content = json.loads(content)
         except ValueError:
             json_error = True
             content = {}