Encoding accented characters using Node.js

Question

I need a simple way to handle this :

var express = require('express');

var app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
    res.charset = 'utf-8';
    res.end('éàï');
})

app.listen(8080);

So far all I get is this when I request :

http://localhost:8080/ :

���

Edit: if I change the way I set the charset to this :

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8');
    res.end('éàï');
})

I actually get this :

���

Thanks, Max

Answer 1

So, with the help of SLaks, PeterVC and Wrikken, here is the answer :

Setting the charset in the header of the response to 'utf-8' is not enough, the *.js file also needs to be encoded in 'utf-8'.