Can charset parameter be used with application/json content type in http/1.1?

Question

For example, is it valid ajax request:

$.ajax({
    type: \"POST\",
    url: \"SomePage.aspx/GetSomeObjects\",         


        

Answer 1

application/json doesn't define a charset parameter, so it is incorrect to include one. What RFC 2046 says is that application types in general could have a charset parameter, such as application/xml. But JSON does not.