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Rails 4.1.2 json Arabic support

I'm using Rails 4.1.2, along with gem 'activesupport-json_encoder', github: 'rails/activesupport-json_encoder' and gem 'algoliasearch-rails'. The problem is when i call the .to_json on on ActiveRecord object that have Arabic characters, it replaces any Arabic characters with �.

 > p = Product.find 100
 #<Product id: 93038, name: "Men Jacket , front zipper, double colour light gre...", brand: "\xD8\xA7\xD8\xAE\xD8\xB1\xD9\x8A">
 > puts p.to_json
 {"id":93038,"name":"Men Jacket , front zipper, double colour light grey sizeXL","brand":"��������"}
Solution

  • I fixed it by forcing the "utf-8" encoding, in https://github.com/rails/activesupport-json_encoder/blob/master/lib/active_support/json/encoding/active_support_encoder.rb#L127. I forked the gem here https://github.com/mahmoud-abdelaziz/activesupport-json_encoder .

    By adding gem 'activesupport-json_encoder', github: 'mahmoud-abdelaziz/activesupport-json_encoder', the problem is fixed.