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  • Syntax
  • Specifications
  • Browser compatibility
  • See also

TextEncoder()

The TextEncoder() constructor returns a newly created TextEncoder object that will generate a byte stream with UTF-8 encoding.

Syntax

new TextEncoder();

Parameters

None.

Specifications

Specification
Encoding
# ref-for-dom-textencoder①

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also

  • The TextEncoder interface it belongs to.

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Last modified: Oct 26, 2021, by MDN contributors

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Related Topics

  1. Encoding API
  2. TextEncoder
  3. Constructor
    1. TextEncoder()
  4. Properties
    1. encoding
  5. Methods
    1. encode()
    2. encodeInto()
  6. Related pages for Encoding API
    1. TextDecoder
    2. TextDecoderStream
    3. TextEncoderStream
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