TextEncoderStream: TextEncoderStream() constructor

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The TextEncoderStream() constructor creates a new TextEncoderStream object which is used to convert a stream of strings into bytes using UTF-8 encoding.

Syntax

new TextEncoderStream()

Parameters

None.

Examples

In this example a TextEncoderStream is created and used to upload a stream of text.

const body = textStream.pipeThrough(new TextEncoderStream());
fetch("/dest", {
  method: "POST",
  body,
  headers: { "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=UTF-8" },
});

Specifications

Specification
Encoding # ref-for-dom-textencoderstream

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