added get_encoding() to ConnectionPool

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index 728a627..77eb44d 100755
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ class HiredisParser(BaseParser):
             raise response[0]
         return response
 
+
 if HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
     DefaultParser = HiredisParser
 else:
@@ -955,6 +956,15 @@ class ConnectionPool(object):
         self._in_use_connections.add(connection)
         return connection
 
+    def get_encoding(self):
+        "Return information about the encoding settings"
+        kwargs = self.connection_kwargs
+        return {
+            'encoding': kwargs.get('encoding', 'utf-8'),
+            'encoding_errors': kwargs.get('encoding_errors', 'strict'),
+            'decode_responses': kwargs.get('decode_responses', False)
+        }
+
     def make_connection(self):
         "Create a new connection"
         if self._created_connections >= self.max_connections: