Unable to Initialize properly

[Marmaduke1st]

Describe the bug
When running reflex init is get the following error.
(.venv) PS C:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi> reflex init
───────────────────────────────────────────── Initializing Ordi ─────────────────────────────────────────────
[10:07:34] Initializing the web directory. console.py:104

Get started with a template:
(0) blank (https://blank-template.reflex.run) - A minimal template
(1) dashboard (https://dashboard-new.reflex.run/) - A dashboard with tables and graphs
(2) sales (https://sales-new.reflex.run/) - An app to manage sales and customers
(3) ai_image_gen (https://ai-image-gen.reflex.run/) - An app to generate images using AI
(4) ci_template (https://cijob.reflex.run/) - A template for continuous integration
(5) api_admin_panel (https://api-admin-panel.reflex.run/) - An admin panel for an api.
(6) nba (https://nba-new.reflex.run/) - A data visualization app for NBA data.
(7) customer_data_app (https://customer-data-app.reflex.run/) - An app to manage customer data.
Which template would you like to use? (0): 2
[10:07:42] Initializing the app directory. console.py:104
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "", line 88, in run_code
File "C:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Scripts\reflex.exe_main.py", line 7, in
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\typer\main.py", line 327, in call
raise e
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\typer\main.py", line 310, in call
return get_command(self)(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1157, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\typer\core.py", line 723, in main
return _main(
^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\typer\core.py", line 193, in _main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1688, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1434, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 783, in invoke
return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\typer\main.py", line 693, in wrapper
return callback(**use_params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\reflex\reflex.py", line 151, in init
_init(name, template, loglevel, ai)
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\reflex\reflex.py", line 112, in _init
prerequisites.initialize_app(app_name, template)
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\reflex\utils\prerequisites.py", line 1504, in initialize_app
create_config_init_app_from_remote_template(
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\reflex\utils\prerequisites.py", line 1434, in create_config_init_app_from_remote_template
initialize_app_directory(
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\reflex\utils\prerequisites.py", line 519, in initialize_app_directory
path_ops.find_replace(
File "c:\Users\User\Documents\Ordi.venv\Lib\site-packages\reflex\utils\path_ops.py", line 200, in find_replace
filepath.write_text(text)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.12_3.12.1520.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\pathlib.py", line 1048, in write_text
return f.write(data)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.12_3.12.1520.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode
return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\U0001f60a' in position 1903: character maps to

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Create a new venv
install reflex

Expected behavior
I would expect it to say initialized and not return an error

Specifics (please complete the following information):

• Python Version: 3.12
• Pip: 24.2
• Reflex Version: 0.5.9
• OS: Win 11

[picklelo]

Thanks for reporting. Does the issue happen if you try to initialize with another template (like the blank one)?

[Marmaduke1st]

Good question, I'm not sure. Sorry for delay, I'll check and get back to you

[samarth9201]

The issue arises due to a UnicodeEncodeError when reflex init encounters a non-ASCII character. The solution could be to specify UTF-8 encoding in the filepath.write_text function by adding encoding="utf-8" to handle all characters properly.