Elaborate on why base64_encoded is needed on GET requests

Andrés Mejía · web-flow · commit dbe0a798780f · 2020-08-14T12:38:22.000-07:00
See discussion at https://rapidapi.com/hermanzdosilovic/api/judge0/discussions?issueId=17008.
diff --git a/docs/api/submissions/get_a_submission.md b/docs/api/submissions/get_a_submission.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ By default Judge0 is sending 8 attributes for submission. By sending `fields` qu
 
 + Parameters
     + token (required, string, `d85cd024-1548-4165-96c7-7bc88673f194`) ... Token of submission. You got this token when you created submission.
-    + base64_encoded (optional, boolean, `false`) ... Set to `true` if you want to receive Base64 encoded data from Judge0.
+    + base64_encoded (optional, boolean, `false`) ... Set to `true` if you want to receive Base64 encoded data from Judge0. You should set this to `true` if you expect the program's stdout to contain non-printable characters or if you expect the compiler to output non-printable characters during a compile error (GCC does this, for instance).
     + fields = `stdout,time,memory,stderr,token,compile_output,message,status` (optional, string, `stdout,stderr,status_id,language_id`) ... Return only the desired attributes.
 
 + Response 200 (applicatiion/json)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ By default Judge0 is sending 8 attributes for submission. By sending `fields` qu
         }
 
 + Response 200 (application/json)
-    Recieving Base64 encoded data for text type attributes. Note that in this reques `base64_encoded` query parameter **must** be set to `true`.
+    Receiving Base64 encoded data for text type attributes. Note that in this request `base64_encoded` query parameter **must** be set to `true`.
     + Body
         {
             "stdout": "aGVsbG8sIEp1ZGdlMAo=\n",

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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ By default Judge0 is sending 8 attributes for submission. By sending `fields` qu
`7`	`7`
`8`	`8`	`+ Parameters`
`9`	`9`	+ token (required, string, `d85cd024-1548-4165-96c7-7bc88673f194`) ... Token of submission. You got this token when you created submission.
`10`		- + base64_encoded (optional, boolean, `false`) ... Set to `true` if you want to receive Base64 encoded data from Judge0.
	`10`	+ + base64_encoded (optional, boolean, `false`) ... Set to `true` if you want to receive Base64 encoded data from Judge0. You should set this to `true` if you expect the program's stdout to contain non-printable characters or if you expect the compiler to output non-printable characters during a compile error (GCC does this, for instance).
`11`	`11`	+ fields = `stdout,time,memory,stderr,token,compile_output,message,status` (optional, string, `stdout,stderr,status_id,language_id`) ... Return only the desired attributes.
`12`	`12`
`13`	`13`	`+ Response 200 (applicatiion/json)`
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ By default Judge0 is sending 8 attributes for submission. By sending `fields` qu
`36`	`36`	`}`
`37`	`37`
`38`	`38`	`+ Response 200 (application/json)`
`39`		- Recieving Base64 encoded data for text type attributes. Note that in this reques `base64_encoded` query parameter must be set to `true`.
	`39`	+ Receiving Base64 encoded data for text type attributes. Note that in this request `base64_encoded` query parameter must be set to `true`.
`40`	`40`	`+ Body`
`41`	`41`	`{`
`42`	`42`	`"stdout": "aGVsbG8sIEp1ZGdlMAo=\n",`