Send requests with application/json content type

This is required both by JSON Wire Protocol and W3C WebDriver specification. Closes #5615 and #5659.
SeleniumHQ · Mar 23, 2018 · 2eb4235 · 2eb4235 · JasonLunn · Mar 23, 2018
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diff --git a/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb b/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ module Http
         class Common
           MAX_REDIRECTS   = 20 # same as chromium/gecko
           CONTENT_TYPE    = 'application/json'.freeze
-          DEFAULT_HEADERS = {'Accept' => CONTENT_TYPE}.freeze
+          DEFAULT_HEADERS = {
+            'Accept' => CONTENT_TYPE,
+            'Content-Type' => "#{CONTENT_TYPE}; charset=UTF-8"
+          }.freeze
 
           attr_accessor :timeout
           attr_writer :server_url