Find encodings for a char

find_encoding.py

import pkgutil
import encodings
import os


def all_encodings():
    modnames = set([modname for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.walk_packages(
        path=[os.path.dirname(encodings.__file__)], prefix='')])
    aliases = set(encodings.aliases.aliases.values())
    return modnames.union(aliases)


text = b'\xe1'

for enc in all_encodings():
    try:
        msg = text.decode(enc)
    except Exception:
        continue
    if msg == 'á':
        print('Decoding {t} with {enc} is {m}'.format(t=text, enc=enc, m=msg))