tomas / tomas/needle

Charset detection not default as utf-8

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Description

https://github.com/tomas/needle/issues/170

Basically a clone of this issue

https://www.w3.org/TR/encoding/ looks like utf-8 is now default?

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked Needle issue and the W3C Encoding specification, then locate Needle's charset-detection handling. Done means confirming that responses without an explicit charset use UTF-8 by default and adding coverage for that behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, nodejs
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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