How to handle special UTF8 Characters in body_html while updating a product?

Question

I am updating products using the API. However when there is a non-ASCII (greater than 0x7f) in the body_html field, the product does not get updated.

for example:

 body_html: "<b>Acer’s Aspire®</b>"

fails without any errors/warning

I am getting the product content from another source. And I get returned a UTF8 string like this `Acer’s Aspire®`. I think the `®` is not causing the problem, it's the `’` that is causing the problem — Tarandeep Gill, Oct 18 '12 at 02:35
Ok, by replacing both these characters, the request goes through just fine. — Tarandeep Gill, Oct 18 '12 at 02:40
I am using the Shopify.com's API. I am making an HTTPS request to their servers, using Node.js — Tarandeep Gill, Oct 18 '12 at 02:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '12 at 02:52

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I got around the issue with this: http://mothereff.in/js-escapes

However, I think Shopify should resolve this issue on the backend.

answered Oct 18 '12 at 02:52

Tarandeep Gill

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