charset=utf-8

The HTTP 'Content-Type' header that is returned when i make requests to the API has 'text/xml' as a value when it should have 'text/xml;charset=utf-8'
 
This seems like a trivial issue, but it really isn't. This can cause some problems for software trying to guess the encoding of the xml file. According to the RFC spec, you're supposed to ignore anything about the encoding that's specified inside the xml file, and instead look at the content-type header. If there is no charset parameter in the content-type header, you're supposed to default to 'us-ascii' instead of 'utf-8'. Kinda problematic if software is up to spec and following the rules.
 
More info here:  http://feedparser.org/docs/character-encoding.html

Good catch. I just committed a fix. I'll go live with the next deployment.

" Good catch. I just committed a fix. I'll go live with the next deployment. "

thanks meb :)