node-formidable / node-formidable/formidable

Looking for guidance parsing one part of a multipart as raw data even though mime-type is tsv

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Description

We are currently running into an issue where we have a multipart-form request in which one part is standard json mime-type and the remaining parts are text/tab-separate-values but are encoded in a unique windows encoding. If we send these through the multipart parser, it looks like they will be read as 'utf-8' which loses certain characters our customers need in their data. Is there any sort of handling for a case like this? Appreciate any help!

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Start at the multipart parser entry point and trace how each part’s MIME type and encoding are interpreted. Compare the JSON part with the TSV parts and define the required behavior for preserving the stated Windows encoding; done means this mixed multipart case is explicitly supported and verified.

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Tech stack
javascript
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backend
Issue type
Bug
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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