try this import win32com.client session = win32com.client.Dispatch('Lotus.NotesSession') session.Initialize(r'pppppppp') db = session.GetDatabase('',r'dddddddd.nsf') view = db.GetView(r'vvvvvvvv') doc = view.GetFirstDocument() print doc.GetFirstItem('iiiiii').Values domino return string as unicode