code: def get_canonical_encoding_name(name):
      # type: (str) -> str
      
  
      import codecs
  
      try:
          codec = codecs.lookup(name)
      except LookupError:
          return name
      else:
          return codec.name
docs: Given an encoding name, get the canonical name from a codec lookup.
  
      :param str name: The name of the codec to lookup
      :return: The canonical version of the codec name
      :rtype: str