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Dark Lord
Dark Lord

Reputation: 425

Setting response header for Content-Type as "application/json; charset=utf-16" converts json to chinese character

When I try to set response headers in my service, it converts the json to chinese characters and some other garbage character. I have been trying to debug this issue since 2 days. I am using express server.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 787

Answers (1)

Terry Lennox
Terry Lennox

Reputation: 30675

I've created a simple test server that sends a basic json response to the client, I don't see the issue with chinese characters appearing. I've also tested with larger json responses.

You might give this a go and see if you're getting the same result. 

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000

app.get('/json', (req, res) => {
    res.set({ 'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-16' });
    res.write( JSON.stringify( { foo: 'bar' } ) )
    res.end();
})

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Express listening on port ${port}!`))

Upvotes: 1

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