What is the `XMLHttpRequest` response text encoding when `overrideMimeType` is set?












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From Mozilla docs:



function load_binary_resource(url) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', url, false);
//XHR binary charset opt by Marcus Granado 2006 [http://mgran.blogspot.com]
req.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=x-user-defined');
req.send(null);
if (req.status != 200) return '';
return req.responseText;
}


The question here is, if the server is sending back data stream, what would be the encoding when the response is forced to text/plain? Is it UTF-8 or something else?










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  • If not set in meta tag charset my best guess is utf-8. Not sure if this helps or not stackoverflow.com/questions/16702787/…

    – charlietfl
    Nov 23 '18 at 3:09











  • This should be helpful: xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#response-body

    – Randy Casburn
    Nov 23 '18 at 3:28
















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From Mozilla docs:



function load_binary_resource(url) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', url, false);
//XHR binary charset opt by Marcus Granado 2006 [http://mgran.blogspot.com]
req.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=x-user-defined');
req.send(null);
if (req.status != 200) return '';
return req.responseText;
}


The question here is, if the server is sending back data stream, what would be the encoding when the response is forced to text/plain? Is it UTF-8 or something else?










share|improve this question























  • If not set in meta tag charset my best guess is utf-8. Not sure if this helps or not stackoverflow.com/questions/16702787/…

    – charlietfl
    Nov 23 '18 at 3:09











  • This should be helpful: xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#response-body

    – Randy Casburn
    Nov 23 '18 at 3:28














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From Mozilla docs:



function load_binary_resource(url) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', url, false);
//XHR binary charset opt by Marcus Granado 2006 [http://mgran.blogspot.com]
req.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=x-user-defined');
req.send(null);
if (req.status != 200) return '';
return req.responseText;
}


The question here is, if the server is sending back data stream, what would be the encoding when the response is forced to text/plain? Is it UTF-8 or something else?










share|improve this question














From Mozilla docs:



function load_binary_resource(url) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', url, false);
//XHR binary charset opt by Marcus Granado 2006 [http://mgran.blogspot.com]
req.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=x-user-defined');
req.send(null);
if (req.status != 200) return '';
return req.responseText;
}


The question here is, if the server is sending back data stream, what would be the encoding when the response is forced to text/plain? Is it UTF-8 or something else?







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  • If not set in meta tag charset my best guess is utf-8. Not sure if this helps or not stackoverflow.com/questions/16702787/…

    – charlietfl
    Nov 23 '18 at 3:09











  • This should be helpful: xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#response-body

    – Randy Casburn
    Nov 23 '18 at 3:28



















  • If not set in meta tag charset my best guess is utf-8. Not sure if this helps or not stackoverflow.com/questions/16702787/…

    – charlietfl
    Nov 23 '18 at 3:09











  • This should be helpful: xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#response-body

    – Randy Casburn
    Nov 23 '18 at 3:28

















If not set in meta tag charset my best guess is utf-8. Not sure if this helps or not stackoverflow.com/questions/16702787/…

– charlietfl
Nov 23 '18 at 3:09





If not set in meta tag charset my best guess is utf-8. Not sure if this helps or not stackoverflow.com/questions/16702787/…

– charlietfl
Nov 23 '18 at 3:09













This should be helpful: xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#response-body

– Randy Casburn
Nov 23 '18 at 3:28





This should be helpful: xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#response-body

– Randy Casburn
Nov 23 '18 at 3:28












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