import six


def convert_to_unicode(text):
    """Converts `text` to Unicode (if it's not already), assuming utf-8 input."""
    if six.PY3:
        if isinstance(text, str):
            return text
        elif isinstance(text, bytes):
            return text.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
        else:
            raise ValueError("Unsupported string type: %s" % (type(text)))
    else:
        raise ValueError("Not running on Python 3")