import six
try:
    from urllib import urlencode as format_query
except ImportError:
    from urllib.parse import urlencode as format_query
try:
    from urlparse import urlparse as parse_url
except ImportError:
    from urllib.parse import urlparse as parse_url
try:
    memoryview = memoryview
except NameError:
    memoryview = buffer


def get_character(x, index):
    return chr(get_byte(x, index))


def get_byte(x, index):
    return six.indexbytes(x, index)


def encode_string(x):
    return x.encode('utf-8')


def decode_string(x):
    try:
        return x.decode('utf-8')
    except UnicodeDecodeError:
        return x.decode('latin-1')