remoteFetchAsync responses return wrong character encoding (fetch does not)

[Pablo_Fuster]

When using remoteFetchAsync with my own server API the response.json() has clear character encoding issues:

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Calling the API in browser or Postman returns as expected.

I spent some time checking Headers in the request, the server response encoding etc… But when I used the normal fetch routing the API through the https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com website it worked and returned the correct characters!

Is the server used in remoteFetchAsync not encoding correctly the response?

[luke_xie]

I have same problem. Wait for a solution …

[Olivier_Dushimi]

I have just landed on this function today it worked for me! are we allowed to share codes here, if so share yours we can see what’s the issue is!

[Ben_Razon]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I think I have enough details to work on a fix, but if any of you have a sample remoteFetchAsync call for reproducing the issue that would be much appreciated

[Michele_Jenkin1]

[ETA: I used remoteFetchAsync both in my code and edited the sample code as well. I also confirmed that the characters look fine if I just do my call in the browser…]

I seem to be having the same issue BUT I also tried this shared code example and it works successfully e.g. pulling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Åland_Islands:

Script to Fetch Wikipedia Summary from Keyword Scripting app

Description I wrote this little scriptlet for personal use and thought maybe someone else might find it useful. It fetches the summary of a Wikipedia article in one cell based on a query in another using the public MediaWiki API. example [airtable] code I’m just starting out programming and I don’t know JS so there’s probably alot of bad practice. I wanted to write it in a more functional way but I couldn’t figure it out how when it’s asynchronous. Feedback welcomed with a smile :smiley: /…

The (non-public) API I am working with has the exact same code but the accented characters are not coming through properly (“name: “Ã…land Islands””)

I am trying to follow up and see if there is something different I need to account for in how the API I am using delivers content…

HTH

[Michele_Jenkin1]

Update: so the only work-around I have found is to move the script to an Automation where I can use fetch instead of remoteFetchAsync

Cannot figure out why didn’t doesn’t work for my API but does work for e.g. Wikipedia.

Please update if this is fixed as I would much prefer to have this as a Scripting App than a Automation. Thanks!

[marks]

@Michele_Jenkins - this should be fixed now.