Characters in JSON altered in Angular HTTP GET

Question

I am trying to get a JSON object from a restful service. When I plug the URL into my browser (Firefox or Chrome) I receive the JSON with the proper UTF-8 encoding:

    {"name":"Université"}

However, when I attempt to GET the same URL in my Angular app, the text is not properly encoded. This is the object printed out from the JavaScript console:

    { name: "Universit�"}

Here is the code I'm using in Angular:

  $http(

      {
        method: "GET",
        url: 'localhost:8080/my/url/location',
        headers : {

          "Accept":"application/json;charset=utf-8",
          "Accept-Charset":"charset=utf-8"

        }
      }

  ).success(function(data,status,headers,config){

    console.log(data);

    /* the rest of the success function */ 

  }).error(function(data,status,headers,config){

    /* the rest of the failure function */ 

  });

Any ideas? Thanks ahead of time!

Do you get the same result when sending the get request without the headers? — Gnarlywhale
– Gnarlywhale, Commented Jul 29, 2015 at 15:38
It seems like the problem could be related to the below previous question, are you sure the json file source is encoded in utf-8? stackoverflow.com/questions/20617117/… — Gnarlywhale
– Gnarlywhale, Commented Jul 29, 2015 at 16:35
That did the trick!! The JSON being sent by the server did not set the content type to application/json; charset=UTF-8. Thank you! — kroppian
– kroppian, Commented Jul 29, 2015 at 17:30
Being new to Stack Overflow, I'm not sure of the proper way to resolve this question. Do I answer my own question? — kroppian
– kroppian, Commented Jul 29, 2015 at 17:31

Gnarlywhale · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-29 17:31:43Z

1

The problem was not with the code, but rather that the source file for the JSON was not being encoded in UTF-8

answered Jul 29, 2015 at 17:31

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