mathiasbynens / mathiasbynens/utf8.js

Invalid continuation byte

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Description

macOS, Webstorm 2017.1, Reactjs

I'm receving a utf-8 encoded JSON, converting it to a string and then utf8.decode(str).

At some point I'm getting the error Invalid continuation byte. Is there a way in which I can find the byte that is causing this error? This error appears with some of the users of my DB, not all, and I need to compare them.

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Begin at the utf8.decode(str) call described in the issue and reproduce the invalid-continuation-byte failure with affected and unaffected database values. Compare the input bytes and define completion as identifying the offending byte or documenting a reliable diagnostic; no repository file or test is named.

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Tech stack
javascript
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backend
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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