Use correct content-type header, refs #272

datasette/renderer.py

@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ def json_renderer(args, data, view_name):
         content_type = "text/plain"
     else:
         body = json.dumps(data, cls=CustomJSONEncoder)
-        content_type = "application/json"
+        content_type = "application/json; charset=utf-8"
     return {"body": body, "status_code": status_code, "content_type": content_type}

datasette/utils/asgi.py

@@ -90,13 +90,16 @@ class AsgiView(HTTPMethodView):
             if hasattr(response, "asgi_send"):
                 await response.asgi_send(send)
             else:
+                headers = {}
+                headers.update(response.headers)
+                headers["content-type"] = response.content_type
                 await send(
                     {
                         "type": "http.response.start",
                         "status": response.status,
                         "headers": [
                             [key.encode("utf-8"), value.encode("utf-8")]
-                            for key, value in response.headers.items()
+                            for key, value in headers.items()
                         ],
                     }
                 )
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ async def asgi_send_json(send, info, status=200, headers=None):
         json.dumps(info),
         status=status,
         headers=headers,
-        content_type="application/json",
+        content_type="application/json; charset=utf-8",
     )
 
 

datasette/views/index.py

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class IndexView(BaseView):
                 headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*"
             return response.HTTPResponse(
                 json.dumps({db["name"]: db for db in databases}, cls=CustomJSONEncoder),
-                content_type="application/json",
+                content_type="application/json; charset=utf-8",
                 headers=headers,
             )
         else:

datasette/views/special.py

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ class JsonDataView(BaseView):
             if self.ds.cors:
                 headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*"
             return response.HTTPResponse(
-                json.dumps(data), content_type="application/json", headers=headers
+                json.dumps(data),
+                content_type="application/json; charset=utf-8",
+                headers=headers,
             )
 
         else:

tests/test_api.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import urllib
 def test_homepage(app_client):
     response = app_client.get("/.json")
     assert response.status == 200
+    assert "application/json; charset=utf-8" == response.headers["content-type"]
     assert response.json.keys() == {"fixtures": 0}.keys()
     d = response.json["fixtures"]
     assert d["name"] == "fixtures"

tests/test_html.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import urllib.parse
 def test_homepage(app_client_two_attached_databases):
     response = app_client_two_attached_databases.get("/")
     assert response.status == 200
+    assert "text/html; charset=utf-8" == response.headers["content-type"]
     soup = Soup(response.body, "html.parser")
     assert "Datasette Fixtures" == soup.find("h1").text
     assert (