Accept-Charset

E290850

Accept-Charset is an HTTP request header that tells the server which character encodings the client is able to understand and prefers.

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Accept-Charset canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf HTTP header field ⓘ
HTTP request header ⓘ
appliesTo HTTP client ⓘ
canBeOmitted yes ⓘ
canContainToken * ⓘ
charset name ⓘ
commonlyUsedWith Accept ⓘ
Accept-Encoding ⓘ
Accept-Language ⓘ
Content-Type ⓘ
defaultBehavior if header is absent, any charset is acceptable to the client ⓘ
definedInSpecification RFC 2616 ⓘ
deprecationReason UTF-8 is now recommended as the default and only charset for most modern HTTP APIs ⓘ
exampleClient HTTP library ⓘ
web browser ⓘ
exampleServerBehavior server may choose the highest q-value charset it supports ⓘ
fieldName Accept-Charset ⓘ
fieldNameCase case-insensitive ⓘ
governedBy HTTP header field rules ⓘ
governs representation character encoding ⓘ
headerCategory content negotiation header ⓘ
headerType request header ⓘ
ifNoAcceptableCharset server may respond with 406 Not Acceptable ⓘ
influences selection of response character encoding ⓘ
server content negotiation ⓘ
interpretedBy HTTP server ⓘ
introducedIn HTTP/1.1 ⓘ
layer application layer ⓘ
parameterPurpose q parameter expresses relative quality factor (preference) ⓘ
purpose to express client preferences for character encodings ⓘ
to indicate which character encodings the client can understand ⓘ
qualityFactorDefault 1.0 when q is not specified ⓘ
qualityFactorRange 0 to 1 ⓘ
relatedConcept character encoding ⓘ
charset parameter of Content-Type ⓘ
content negotiation ⓘ
relatedToSpecification RFC 7231 ⓘ
status deprecated in HTTP/1.1 semantics ⓘ
syntaxExample Accept-Charset: iso-8859-1, utf-8;q=0.7, *;q=0.7 ⓘ
Accept-Charset: utf-8 ⓘ
typicalCharset iso-8859-1 ⓘ
utf-8 ⓘ
usedInProtocol HTTP ⓘ
usesParameter q ⓘ
valueType comma-separated list ⓘ
weighted values with quality factors ⓘ
wildcardMeaning * means any character set is acceptable ⓘ

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RFC 2068 → definesHeaderField → Accept-Charset ⓘ