TextEncoder: encode() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The TextEncoder.encode() method takes a string as input, and returns a Uint8Array containing the string encoded using UTF-8.
Syntax
js
encode(string)
Parameters
string-
A string containing the text to encode.
Return value
A Uint8Array object containing the UTF-8 encoding of the input string.
Examples
html
<p class="source">Sample paragraph.</p>
<p class="result">Encoded result:</p>
js
const sourcePara = document.querySelector(".source");
const resultPara = document.querySelector(".result");
const string = sourcePara.textContent;
const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();
const encoded = textEncoder.encode(string);
resultPara.textContent = `${resultPara.textContent} ${encoded}`;
Specifications
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See also
- The
TextEncoderinterface it belongs to.