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+1  Q: 

What's the encoding of the content of an HTTP request?

Is this defined? Or is it set with a header, similar to the HTTP-response?

+2  A: 

Yes, HTTP requests can have Content-Type and Content-Encoding headers in exactly the same way as HTTP responses

Gareth  2010-03-24 13:16:50

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