Get document as normal text and not as binary data

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Markus Franz wrote:

> Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
> 
>> You get what the server sends. That is always binary - either it _is_ a
>> binary file, or maybe in an unknown encoding.
> 
> And how can I convert those binary data to a "normal" string with
> "normal" characters?

There is no "normal" - it's just bytes, and a string is just bytes. No
difference, no translation necessary.

As others have said: look into the http header what the server is trying to
transmit - maybe an image. The mimetype header is telling you that.

Or use wget to fetch the url and look what you get - it shouldn't look
different.
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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch