Web TextEncoder API | TextEncoder encoding property

In HTML there is a TextEncoder Interface which has a property encoding which tells us about the encoding algorithm used by the encoder. It can only have the value that is utf-8.

Syntax:

var b = encoder.encoding;

Return Value: It returns the name of the encoding algorithm.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 

<html> 

<head> 

    <title> 

        Web TextEncoder API | TextEncoder 

        encoding property 

    </title> 

</head> 

<body style="text-align:center;"> 

    <h1 style="color:green;">  

        GeeksforGeeks  

    </h1> 

    <h3>Web TextEncoder API | TextEncoder encoding property</h3> 

    <button onclick="getTextEncoder ();"> 

        Get encoding 

    </button> 

    <p id='TextEncoder'></p> 

    <script type="text/javascript"> 

        function getTextEncoder() { 

            const encoder = new TextEncoder() 

            var geeks = encoder.encoding; 

            document.getElementById("TextEncoder").innerHTML 

                        = geeks; 

        } 

    </script> 

</body> 

</html>

Output:

Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by TextEncoder encoding property are listed below:

Google Chrome 38
Firefox 19
Opera 25
Safari 10.1

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