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Widely Available
id: text-encoding

Text encoding and decoding

The TextEncoder API transforms a stream of code points into a byte stream with UTF-8 encoding, and TextDecoder does the reverse.
Baseline Status: Achieved Widely Available on Jul 15, 2022 (Cross-browser Newly Available since Jan 15, 2020).
Desktop Browser Engine Support
Google Chrome
38
Supported
Mozilla Firefox
19
Supported
Apple Safari
10.1
Supported
Microsoft Edge
79
Supported
Mobile Browser Engine Support
Chrome Android
38
Firefox Android
19
Safari iOS
10.3
Specifications and References
Specification ↗ Can I Use (textencoder) ↗ Feature XML ↗
MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:
api.TextDecoder ↗ api.TextDecoder.TextDecoder ↗ api.TextDecoder.decode ↗ api.TextDecoder.encoding ↗ api.TextDecoder.fatal ↗ api.TextDecoder.ignoreBOM ↗ api.TextDecoder.worker_support ↗ api.TextDecoderStream ↗ api.TextDecoderStream.TextDecoderStream ↗ api.TextDecoderStream.encoding ↗ api.TextDecoderStream.fatal ↗ api.TextDecoderStream.ignoreBOM ↗ api.TextDecoderStream.readable ↗ api.TextDecoderStream.writable ↗ api.TextEncoder ↗ api.TextEncoder.TextEncoder ↗ api.TextEncoder.encode ↗ api.TextEncoder.encodeInto ↗ api.TextEncoder.encoding ↗ api.TextEncoder.worker_support ↗ api.TextEncoderStream ↗ api.TextEncoderStream.TextEncoderStream ↗ api.TextEncoderStream.encoding ↗ api.TextEncoderStream.readable ↗ api.TextEncoderStream.writable ↗