using wakatime package v0.4.3

packages/wakatime/HISTORY.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ History
 -------
 
 
+0.4.3 (2013-09-04)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Encoding json as utf-8 before making request
+
+
 0.4.2 (2013-09-04)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 

packages/wakatime/README.rst

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Wakati.Me
-=========
+WakaTime
+========
 
-Wakati.Me is a time tracking api for text editors. This is the command line
-action event appender for the Wakati.Me api. You shouldn't need to directly
+Automatic time tracking for your text editor. This is the command line
+event appender for the WakaTime api. You shouldn't need to directly
 use this outside of a text editor plugin.
 
 

packages/wakatime/wakatime/__init__.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
-__version__ = '0.4.2'
+__version__ = '0.4.3'
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 Alan Hamlett'
@@ -146,9 +146,12 @@ def send_action(project=None, branch=None, key=None, targetFile=None,
         'Authorization': auth,
     }
 
+    # json request content
+    content = json.dumps(data).encode('utf-8')
+
     # send action to api
     try:
-        response = requests.post(url, data=str(json.dumps(data)), headers=headers)
+        response = requests.post(url, data=content, headers=headers)
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as exc:
         exception_data = {
             sys.exc_info()[0].__name__: str(sys.exc_info()[1]),