#15237: Django generated Atom/RSS feeds don't specify charset=utf8 in their
Content-Type
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Reporter: simon | Owner: jasonkotenko
Status: assigned | Milestone: 1.3
Component: RSS framework | Version: 1.2
Resolution: | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Accepted | Has patch: 1
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 |
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Changes (by jasonkotenko):
* cc: jasonkotenko (added)
* has_patch: 0 => 1
Comment:
Assertion "Atom feeds containing UTF8 characters should be served with a
Content-Type of "application/atom+xml; charset=utf8"." verified here:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2045#section-5.1 (mime-type syntax) and
here: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3023#section-3.2 (recommendation to
always set the charset).
Although it does appear that if the charset is set in the XML declaration,
i.e. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> , then the charset in the
Content-Type is not required, since everything within that XML document is
''supposed'' to be treated as UTF8. However, it is still recommended so
will proceed.
Looks like the code in /django/contrib/syndication/views.py does not set
the mime-type, it only uses it. It is the util code in
/django/utils/feedgenerator.py that sets it, as mentioned above.
Can't find anything in the docs that requires changing due to this small
change.
Added regression test to verify the MIME type is still set with encoding
in the future.
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