Encoding API

Script API to allow encoding/decoding of strings from binary data. Common scenario: decoding a binary data file fetched via XHR into an ArrayBuffer that contains strings encoded as UTF-8.

Demo

• https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/encoding-api

Documentation

• http://updates.html5rocks.com/2014/08/Easier-ArrayBuffer---String-conversion-with-the-Encoding-API
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Encoding_API

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 38
• Chrome for Android release 38
• Android WebView release 38
• Opera release 25
• Opera for Android release 25

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• jsbell@chromium.org
• kbr@chromium.org

Last updated on 2015-05-15