Do not strip body before JSON decoding + do not return None on empty …

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…body (#3482)

This commit actually reverts 6a19364

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• Unit tests for the changes exist
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  • Please keep alphabetical order, the file is sorted by names.
• Add a new news fragment into the CHANGES folder
  • name it <issue_id>.<type> for example (588.bugfix)
  • if you don't have an issue_id change it to the pr id after creating the pr
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    • .feature: Signifying a new feature.
    • .bugfix: Signifying a bug fix.
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  • Make sure to use full sentences with correct case and punctuation, for example: "Fix issue with non-ascii contents in doctest text files."

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