OpenIntegrations/docs/en/md/HTTP-client/Settings/Use-encoding.mdx

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description: Use encoding  and other functions to work with HTTP-client in the Open Integration Package, a free open-source integration library for 1C:Enterprise 8, OneScript and CLI
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# Use encoding 
 Sets the encoding of the request body



`Function UseEncoding(Val Encoding) Export`

  | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Required | Description |
  |-|-|-|-|-|
  | Encoding | - | String | ✔ | Encoding name |

  
  Returns:  DataProcessorObject.OPI_HTTPClient - This processor object

<br/>

:::tip
UTF-8 is used by default
:::

:::caution
**NOCLI:** this method is not available in CLI version
:::
<br/>



```bsl title="1C:Enterprise/OneScript code example"
    URL = "https://httpbin.org";
    URL = URL + "/post";

    Text     = "Hello world!";
    Encoding = "Windows-1251";

    Result = OPI_HTTPRequests.NewRequest()
        .Initialize(URL)
        .UseEncoding(Encoding) // <---
        .SetStringBody(Text)
        .ProcessRequest("POST")
        .ReturnResponseAsJSONObject();
```
 



```json title="Result"
{
 "args": {},
 "data": "Hello world!",
 "files": {},
 "form": {},
 "headers": {
  "Accept": "*/*",
  "Accept-Charset": "utf-8",
  "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
  "Content-Length": "12",
  "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=Windows-1251",
  "Host": "httpbin.org",
  "User-Agent": "1Script v$2.0.0.0",
  "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-68c7e4a9-7a4ed7351f71898a15b3d687"
 },
 "json": null,
 "origin": "***",
 "url": "https://httpbin.org/post"
}
```