UTF-8 and Transport in JSON

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UTF-8 and Transport

Exchange interoperable JSON over networks.

json
Content-Type: application/json
๐Ÿ“Œ Network JSON must use UTF-8 for interoperability
โš ๏ธ Generators must not add a byte order mark
๐Ÿ” application/json has no charset parameter
๐ŸŽฏ Set the media type explicitly in APIs
utf-8httpmedia-type

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