TextEncoder: encoding property
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.encoding read-only property returns a string containing the name of the encoding algorithm used by the specific encoder.
It always has the value utf-8.
Value
A string with the value utf-8.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Encoding # dom-textencoder-encoding |
Browser compatibility
See also
- The
TextEncoderinterface it belongs to.