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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

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
TextDecoderStream 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
Encoding_API 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
encoding 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
fatal 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
ignoreBOM 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
readable 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
writable 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
TextEncoderStream 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
Encoding_API 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
encoding 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
readable 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
writable 71 79 105 No 58 14.1 71 71 105 50 14.5 10.0
Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
TextEncoder 38 79 18 No 25 10.1 38 38 18 25 10.3 3.0
Encoding_API 38 79 18 No 25 10.1 38 38 18 25 10.3 3.0
encode 38 79 18 No 25 10.1 38 38 18 25 10.3 3.0
encodeInto 74 79 66 No 62 14.1 74 74 66 50 14.5 11.0
encoding 38 79 18 No 25 10.1 38 38 18 25 10.3 3.0
worker_support 38 79 20 No 25 10.1 38 38 20 25 10.3 3.0
Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
TextDecoder 38 79 19
18Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
 No 25 10.1 38 38 19
18Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
 25 10.3 3.0
Encoding_API 38 79 19
18Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
 No 25 10.1 38 38 19
18Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
 25 10.3 3.0
decode 38 79 19
18Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
 No 25 10.1 38 38 19
18Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
 25 10.3 3.0
encoding 38 79 19
18Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
 No 25 10.1 38 38 19
18Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
 25 10.3 3.0
fatal 38 79 36 No 25 10.1 38 38 36 25 10.3 3.0
ignoreBOM 38 79 63 No 25 10.1 38 38 63 25 10.3 3.0
worker_support 38 79 20 No 25 10.1 38 38 20 25 10.3 3.0

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

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