ascii

[GeoMapLab]

1. Trying to install a plugin through the QGIS interface
2. The plugin is downloaded but an error message appears at the validation stage: "python said: ascii"
   https://1drv.ms/u/s!Alk-hpLFKlPIgecgn1s7sEqgxPj_BA
   Windows 7 32 bit, QGIS 2.18.17

[gacarrillor]

Thanks for the report. The error message is a bit unclear, but I'll check that out soon to see if it can be reproduced and fixed. Stay tuned.

[Dosperanso]

Username - russian symbols.
More info about this issue:

Не удалось загрузить модуль AutoFields из-за ошибки при вызове его метода classFactory()

UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 9-21: ordinal not in range(128)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/PROGRA1/QGIS21.18/apps/qgis-ltr/./python\qgis\utils.py", line 333, in startPlugin
plugins[packageName] = package.classFactory(iface)
File "C:/Users/�������������/.qgis2/python/plugins\AutoFields_init_.py", line 42, in classFactory
return AutoFields( iface )
File "C:/Users/�������������/.qgis2/python/plugins\AutoFields\AutoFields.py", line 45, in init
self.installTranslator()
File "C:/Users/�������������/.qgis2/python/plugins\AutoFields\AutoFields.py", line 194, in installTranslator
userPluginPath = os.path.join( os.path.dirname( str( QgsApplication.qgisUserDbFilePath() ) ), "python/plugins/AutoFields" )
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 9-21: ordinal not in range(128)

Версия Python: 2.7.14 (v2.7.14:84471935ed, Sep 16 2017, 20:25:58) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
Версия: 2.18.27 Las Palmas, 913411074b

[Dosperanso]

A temporary solution to the problem is:
In file "C:/Users/Username/.qgis2/python/plugins\AutoFields\AutoFields.py" replace this line
"userPluginPath = os.path.join( os.path.dirname( str( QgsApplication.qgisUserDbFilePath() ) ), "python/plugins/AutoFields" )"
with
userPluginPath = "C:/Users/Администратор/.qgis2/python/plugins/AutoFields"
where is "Администратор" - Username