Convert accented characters to unicode code in python

Question

I need help on converting accented character to unicode. Is there any function or module to do it ? I would like a function which does something like that:

def char_to_unicode(text)
    text.replace("à", \u00e0)
    text.replace("â", \u00e2)
    # and this for all accented characters...
    return text

Possible duplicate of [What is the best way to remove accents in a Python unicode string?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/517923/what-is-the-best-way-to-remove-accents-in-a-python-unicode-string) — liamhawkins, Feb 06 '19 at 19:45
Is this Python 2 or 3? In Python 3 all strings are unicode... — Pedro Martins de Souza, Feb 06 '19 at 19:45
No this isn't a duplicate because I want to convert this: "é" into this: "\u00e9" — Xentiie, Feb 06 '19 at 20:49
And I need this because I use a module that can only accept unicode, and another that doesn't read unicode... — Xentiie, Feb 06 '19 at 20:57
Some of the answers hee may be useful https://stackoverflow.com/q/27432656/5320906 — snakecharmerb, Feb 07 '19 at 10:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '19 at 20:52

Isn't optimized but it's all I can get:

def char_to_unicode(text):
    text.replace("à", "\u00e0")
    text.replace("ä", "\u00e4")
    text.replace("â", "\u00e2")
    text.replace("ç", "\u00e7")
    text.replace("è", "\u00e8")
    text.replace("é", "\u00e9")
    text.replace("ê", "\u00ea")
    text.replace("ë", "\u00eb")
    text.replace("î", "\u00ee")
    text.replace("ï", "\u00ef")
    text.replace("ô", "\u00f4")
    text.replace("ö", "\u00f6")
    text.replace("ù", "\u00f9")
    text.replace("û", "\u00fb")
    text.replace("ü", "\u00fc")
    return text

def unicode_to_char(text):
    text.replace("\u00e0", "à")
    text.replace("\u00e4", "ä")
    text.replace("\u00e2", "â")
    text.replace("\u00e7", "ç")
    text.replace("\u00e8", "è")
    text.replace("\u00e9", "é")
    text.replace("\u00ea", "ê")
    text.replace("\u00eb", "ë")
    text.replace("\u00ee", "î")
    text.replace("\u00ef", "ï")
    text.replace("\u00f4", "ô")
    text.replace("\u00f6", "ö")
    text.replace("\u00f9", "ù")
    text.replace("\u00fb", "û")
    text.replace("\u00fc", "ü")
    return text

Convert accented characters to unicode code in python

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