Encoding API
The Encoding API provides a mechanism for handling text in various character encodings, including legacy non-UTF-8 encodings.
The API provides four interfaces: TextDecoder, TextEncoder, TextDecoderStream and TextEncoderStream.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers
Interfaces
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Encoding Standard # interface-textdecoder |
| Encoding Standard # interface-textencoder |
| Encoding Standard # interface-textencoderstream |
| Encoding Standard # interface-textdecoderstream |
Browser compatibility
api.TextDecoder
BCD tables only load in the browser
api.TextEncoder
BCD tables only load in the browser
api.TextEncoderStream
BCD tables only load in the browser
api.TextDecoderStream
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- Encoding API Encodings - Encodings that must be supported for decoding text.
- A polyfill allowing to use this interface in browsers that don't support it