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
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Encoding | Living Standard | Initial definition. |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
Encoding_API |
38
|
79
|
18
|
No
|
25
|
10.1
|
38
|
38
|
18
|
25
|
10.3
|
3.0
|
TextEncoder |
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 | |
Encoding_API |
38
|
79
|
19
18
Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
|
No
|
25
|
10.1
|
38
|
38
|
19
18
Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
|
25
|
10.3
|
3.0
|
TextDecoder |
38
|
79
|
19
18
Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
|
No
|
25
|
10.1
|
38
|
38
|
19
18
Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
|
25
|
10.3
|
3.0
|
decode |
38
|
79
|
19
18
Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
|
No
|
25
|
10.1
|
38
|
38
|
19
18
Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
|
25
|
10.3
|
3.0
|
encoding |
38
|
79
|
19
18
Implemented a slightly different version of the spec.
|
No
|
25
|
10.1
|
38
|
38
|
19
18
Implemented 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
|
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