[Python] Azure functions decoding utf8 strings in Python

I'm running this code on my Python code with version 3.10.6:

def downloadRevistaXML():
url= f"https://revistas.inpi.gov.br/txt/RM2823.zip"

try:
response = requests.get(url)
response.raise_for_status()

if response.headers.get("Content-Type") == "application/zip":
with zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(response.content)) as z:
for file_name in z.namelist():
if file_name.endswith(".xml"):
xml_file = z.open(file_name)
xml_content = xml_file.read()


xml_content = xml_content.decode("utf-8")

#This doesn't print right
print(xml_content)


except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
raise RuntimeError(f"Error during download: {e}")
except zipfile.BadZipFile:
raise ValueError("The file downloaded is not a valid ZIP archive.")


I'm running this on Windows 10 with python 3.10.6.

When I directly run the code, it prints the xml content with the correct string encoding utf-8. One node looks like this:

<despacho codigo="IPAS009" nome="Publicação de pedido de registro para oposição (exame formal concluído)"/>


But, if I run the same code LOCALLY using an azure function, it prints like this:

<despacho codigo="IPAS009" nome="PublicaþÒo de pedido de registro para oposiþÒo (exame formal concluÝdo)"/>


I was thinking this was some problem with my code encoding something in the wrong way, I tried every way of decoding this later but didn't find any solution. Then I tested without the azure function and it works perfectly.

I'm using a http trigger Azure Function. Right now it's only hosting a server and when I call an endpoint it runs the function without any parameters.

I've tried forcing other encodings like xml_content = xml_content.decode("UTF-8") but it doesn't change anything.

I've also tried encoding and decoding again but not luck.

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