[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40560: REST API: Unicode characters are escaped in the response

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#40560: REST API: Unicode characters are escaped in the response
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 Reporter:  rilwis        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  REST API      |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |     Focuses:  rest-api
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Changes (by hwgehring):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  wontfix =>
 * severity:  normal => major


Comment:

 @subrataemfluence @rmccue @jnylen0

 This is actually a major problem and tagging as wontfix sends a very
 concerning message about how legitimate this API actually is.

 Unicode-escaped text is only valid JSON in certain exceptional cases.
 Whether the language itself deviates away from the standard by defaulting
 to escaped unicode is irrelevant. Whether API consumers
 can/can't/won't/don't handle unicode-escaped characters is irrelevant.

 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259#section-8.1

 As it stands the JSON response returned from the WP REST API is unusable,
 incorrectly tagged as UTF-8 charset, and conforms to no standard at all.

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