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fixup: include link to Buffer.byteLength()
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cecchi committed Apr 7, 2020
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});
```

`Content-Length` is given in bytes, not characters. Node.js does not check
whether `Content-Length` and the length of the body which has been transmitted
are equal or not.
`Content-Length` is given in bytes, not characters. Use
[`Buffer.byteLength()`][] to determine the length of the body in bytes. Node.js
does not check whether `Content-Length` and the length of the body which has
been transmitted are equal or not.

Attempting to set a header field name or value that contains invalid characters
will result in a [`TypeError`][] being thrown.
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[`'response'`]: #http_event_response
[`'upgrade'`]: #http_event_upgrade
[`Agent`]: #http_class_http_agent
[`Buffer.byteLength()`]: buffer.html#buffer_class_method_buffer_bytelength_string_encoding
[`Duplex`]: stream.html#stream_class_stream_duplex
[`TypeError`]: errors.html#errors_class_typeerror
[`URL`]: url.html#url_the_whatwg_url_api
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