How to encode an Urdu string in Dart? - dart

Question

I extract an Urdu text from a web adress. For example, my text is فروردین. But when I print it, I see 'ÙرÙردÛÙ'. How can I print it correctly?
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:http/http.dart';
import 'package:html/parser.dart';
import 'package:html/dom.dart';
Future initiate() async {
var client = Client();
Response response = await client.get('https://www.varzesh3.com/');
var document = parse(response.body);
List<Element> links = document.querySelectorAll('tr.match-date > td.text-center');
for (var link in links) {
print(link.text)
//var bytes = utf8.encode(link.text);
}

Answer 1

The problem seems to be the client don't recognize the charset of the page and defaults to latin1. Please take a look at the following code where I force using UTF-8 instead by taking the respond as bytes and convert them to UTF-8 by using the utf8 decoder.
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:http/http.dart';
import 'package:html/parser.dart';
import 'package:html/dom.dart';
main() async {
var client = Client();
Response response = await client.get('https://www.varzesh3.com/');
var document = parse(utf8.decode(response.bodyBytes), encoding: "utf8");
List<Element> links = document.querySelectorAll(
'tr.match-date > td.text-center');
for (var link in links) {
print(link.text);
}
}