fix(backend): correct encoding of non-english characters

see expressjs/multer#1104
jrafaaael · Oct 10, 2023 · f0eadd6 · f0eadd6
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diff --git a/backend/src/rooms/rooms.controller.ts b/backend/src/rooms/rooms.controller.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { FileInterceptor } from '@nestjs/platform-express';
 import { RoomsService } from './rooms.service';
 import { UploadedFileDto } from './dto/room-with-message.dto';
+import { getCorrectEncoding } from 'src/utils/get-correct-encoding';
 
 @Controller('rooms')
 export class RoomsController {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export class RoomsController {
     @Body() uploadedFile: UploadedFileDto,
   ) {
     const room = await this.roomsService.create({
-      name: file.originalname,
+      name: getCorrectEncoding(file.originalname),
     });
     await this.roomsService.generateEmbeddings(file, room.id);
 

diff --git a/backend/src/utils/get-correct-encoding.ts b/backend/src/utils/get-correct-encoding.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function getCorrectEncoding(str: string) {
+  return Buffer.from(str, 'latin1').toString('utf-8');
+}