# Http endpoint and non utf-8 response
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-endpoint-and-non-utf-8-response/101296
**Category:** General
**Created:** [17 June 2026 11:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-endpoint-and-non-utf-8-response/101296 "2026-06-17T11:24:53Z")
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### Author:  [@JoW](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoW)
#### Post date: [17 June 2026 11:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-endpoint-and-non-utf-8-response/101296/1 "2026-06-17T11:24:53Z")
How can this be done? If at all...
I converted msg.payload to latin1 with buffer.toString , set msg.headers before the httpresponse with
msg.headers=[{'content-type':'text/xml; charset=iso-8859-1'}];
The client still receives in the text/html; charset=utf-8. headers.
I found older question on the internet with explanations on fixes for vulnerabilites in express, the underlying web server. unfortunately our legacy system flips on utf-8, even if its's only mentioned in the headers...
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### Author:  [@JoW](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoW)
#### Post date: [17 June 2026 12:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-endpoint-and-non-utf-8-response/101296/2 "2026-06-17T12:47:15Z")
Posted too soon, although might help somebody else.
replaced the standard node-red http endpoint with this one from @inteli.city/node-red-contrib-http-plus
works a bunch!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [1 July 2026 12:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-endpoint-and-non-utf-8-response/101296/3 "2026-07-01T12:47:35Z")
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