Module request how to properly retrieve accented characters? � � �

Question

I\'m using: Module: Request -- Simplified HTTP request method to scrape a webpage with accented characters á é ó ú ê ã etc.

I\'ve already tried e

Answer 1

Specify the encoding as utf8 not utf-8. Here are a list of possible encodings for a buffer from the Node.js documentation.

• ascii - for 7 bit ASCII data only. This encoding method is very fast, and will strip the high bit if set.
• utf8 - Unicode characters. Many web pages and other document formats use UTF-8.
• base64 - Base64 string encoding.
• 'binary - A way of encoding raw binary data into strings by using only the first 8 bits of each character. This encoding method is depreciated and should be avoided in favor of Buffer objects where possible. This encoding will be removed in future versions of Node.