"Use of a BOM is neither required nor recommended for UTF-8, but may be encountered in contexts where UTF-8 data is converted from other encoding forms that use a BOM or where the BOM is used as a UTF-8 signature" https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/ch02.pdf ... View more

I would ask for a procedure option, like -k on curl command.   Kind regards ... View more