Encoding API
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
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.
Interfaces
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Encoding # interface-textdecoder |
| Encoding # interface-textencoder |
| Encoding # interface-textencoderstream |
| Encoding # interface-textdecoderstream |
Browser compatibility
api.TextDecoder
api.TextEncoder
api.TextEncoderStream
api.TextDecoderStream
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