Web/API/TextEncoder/encoding

The TextEncoder.encoding read-only property returns a DOMString containing the name of the encoding algorithm used by the specific encoder.

It can only have the following value utf-8.

Syntax

b = encoder.encoding;

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
EncodingThe definition of 'TextEncoder.encoding' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
encoding Experimental'	Chrome Full support 38	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 19 Full support 19 Full support 18 Notes' Notes' Firefox 18 implemented an earlier and slightly different version of the specification.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 25	Safari Full support 10.1	WebView Android Full support 38	Chrome Android Full support 38	Firefox Android Full support 19 Full support 19 Full support 18 Notes' Notes' Firefox 18 implemented an earlier and slightly different version of the specification.	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support 10.3	Samsung Internet Android Full support 3.0

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Full support

No support  

No support

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

See also

• The TextEncoder interface it belongs to.

TextEncoder.encoding by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.