# Formats uploaded files to UTF-8 encoding and strips unexpected BOM characters. # Takes an open File object as input class UploadSanitizer def initialize(upload) @data = upload end def call @data.force_encoding('UTF-8') strip_bom_character end private def strip_bom_character @data.scrub.gsub("\xEF\xBB\xBF".force_encoding("UTF-8"), '') end end