Encoding API

Summary

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

Specification

Editor's draft

Implementation Status

Behind a flag in desktop Chrome 30 (launch bug)

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped
• Internet Explorer: No public signals
• Opera: Shipped in release 17
• Opera for Android: Shipped in release 17
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

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

Last updated on 2014-08-28