TextEncoder
The TextEncoder interface takes a stream of code points as input and emits a stream of UTF-8 bytes.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers
Example
const encoder = new TextEncoder()
const view = encoder.encode('€')
console.log(view); // Uint8Array(3) [226, 130, 172]
Constructor
TextEncoder()-
Returns a newly constructed
TextEncoderthat will generate a byte stream with UTF-8 encoding.
Properties
The TextEncoder interface doesn't inherit any property.
TextEncoder.prototype.encodingRead only-
Always returns "
utf-8".
Methods
The TextEncoder interface doesn't inherit any method.
TextEncoder.encode()-
Takes a string as input, and returns a
Uint8Arraycontaining UTF-8 encoded text. TextEncoder.encodeInto()-
Takes a string to encode and a destination
Uint8Arrayto put resulting UTF-8 encoded text into, and returns a dictionary object indicating the progress of the encoding. This is potentially more performant than the olderencode()method.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Encoding # interface-textencoder |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- The
TextDecoderinterface describing the inverse operation. - Node.js supports global export from v11.0.0

