Accessing the Meetup API, setting the Accept-Charset header

javasample.java

public class Meetup {
    public HttpResponse get(String url, List<? extends NameValuePair> params) throws IOException {
        DefaultHttpClient cli = new DefaultHttpClient();
        cli.addRequestInterceptor(new HttpRequestInterceptor() {
            @Override
            public void process(HttpRequest httpRequest, HttpContext httpContext) throws HttpException, IOException {
                httpRequest.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_CHARSET, "utf-8");
            }
        });

        String query = URLEncodedUtils.format(params, "UTF-8");
        // oauth-sign the request using your favorite library, or ensure that there's an API key in the params list

        return cli.execute(new HttpGet(url + "?" + query));
    }
}

rubysample.rb

class Meetup
  def get(url, params = {})
    client = make_client
    response = client.get(url, :params => params.merge({access_token: @token}), :headers => {"Accept-Charset" => "utf-8"})
    raise "boo. #{response.status} getting #{url}" unless (200..206).include?(response.status)
    MultiJson.decode(response.body)
  end

  private
  def make_client
    cli = OAuth2::Client.new(@consumer_key, @consumer_secret, :site => "https://api.meetup.com")
    OAuth2::AccessToken.new(cli, @token)
  end
end