def _pad_input(incoming):
    """Avoid IndexError and KeyError by ignoring un-related fields.

    Example: '{0}{autored}' becomes '{{0}}{autored}'.

    Positional arguments:
    incoming -- the input unicode value.

    Returns:
    Padded unicode value.
    """
    incoming_expanded = incoming.replace('{', '{{').replace('}', '}}')
    for key in _BASE_CODES:
        before, after = '{{%s}}' % key, '{%s}' % key
        if before in incoming_expanded:
            incoming_expanded = incoming_expanded.replace(before, after)
    return incoming_expanded