TextEncoder: encode() method

Available in workers

The TextEncoder.encode() method takes a string as input, and returns a Uint8Array containing the string encoded using UTF-8.

Syntax

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

<p class="source">Sample paragraph.</p>
<p class="result">Encoded result:</p>

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

Browser compatibility

See also

• The TextEncoder interface it belongs to.