angular.js $http.get how to force UTF-8 encoding

Question

I've to read JSON file encoded with utf-8 charset
I use this syntax:

$http.get('resources/negozi.json',
    {header : {'Content-Type' : 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'}
}).success(function(data) {
... code here
});

But, the response header is:

Content-Type:text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

If I try to do this with jquery:

$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "resources/negozi.json",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",

The request header is correct. But, the response is the same.

Content-Type:text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

As @nubbel said, server response is the one that dictates what is returned - check your server-side code. — Qantas 94 Heavy
– Qantas 94 Heavy, Commented Oct 14, 2013 at 10:37
Server side code is me. I write an utf-8 encoded json by myself for testing. Unluckily I cannot change anything on server — Banasci
– Banasci, Commented Oct 14, 2013 at 10:42
@Banasci If the server side code is yours why can't you just change it? — nubbel
– nubbel, Commented Oct 14, 2013 at 11:22
If the server says charset=ISO-8859-1 and it is the truth - why would you care? These things are supposed work transparently, you shouldn't have to (and therefore can't easily) force the server to give you a certain charset. However, if the server says charset=ISO-8859-1 and it is not the truth, you need to fix the server, not the client. — Tomalak
– Tomalak, Commented Oct 14, 2013 at 11:59

peterp · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-23 15:20:19Z

6

It looks like you might need to set an Accept header. The contentType header applies to the stuff you're sending;

Accept: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Accept-Charset: UTF-8

so;

$.ajax({
   type:"GET",
   url:"resources/negozi.json",
   headers: {
       "Accept": "application/json;charset=utf-8",
       "Accept-Charset":"charset=utf-8"
   },
   dataType:"json"
});

edited Apr 23, 2015 at 15:20

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answered Jul 9, 2014 at 23:11

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Patrick Vogt · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-01 19:57:56Z

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If you are using php as server-side programming language you can try to set the internal encoding to utf-8 with mb_internal_encoding("utf-8").

answered May 1, 2015 at 19:57

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