Py3k cleanup

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py
index 23e1da87..597892ef 100644
--- a/rest_framework/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/request.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ The wrapped request then offers a richer API, in particular :
     - full support of PUT method, including support for file uploads
     - form overloading of HTTP method, content type and content
 """
-from rest_framework.compat import BytesIO
 
 from django.http.multipartparser import parse_header
+from rest_framework import HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING
 from rest_framework import exceptions
+from rest_framework.compat import BytesIO
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ def is_form_media_type(media_type):
     """
     Return True if the media type is a valid form media type.
     """
-    base_media_type, params = parse_header(media_type.encode('iso-8859-1'))
+    base_media_type, params = parse_header(media_type.encode(HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING))
     return (base_media_type == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' or
             base_media_type == 'multipart/form-data')
 
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ class Request(object):
             self._CONTENT_PARAM in self._data and
             self._CONTENTTYPE_PARAM in self._data):
             self._content_type = self._data[self._CONTENTTYPE_PARAM]
-            self._stream = BytesIO(self._data[self._CONTENT_PARAM].encode('iso-8859-1'))
+            self._stream = BytesIO(self._data[self._CONTENT_PARAM].encode(HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING))
             self._data, self._files = (Empty, Empty)
 
     def _parse(self):