TextDecoderStream

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨September 2022⁩.

Note: This feature is available inWeb Workers.

TheTextDecoderStream interface of theEncoding API converts a stream of text in a binary encoding, such as UTF-8 etc., to a stream of strings.It is the streaming equivalent ofTextDecoder.

Constructor

TextDecoderStream(): Creates a newTextDecoderStream object.

Instance properties

TextDecoderStream.encodingRead only: An encoding.
TextDecoderStream.fatalRead only: Aboolean indicating if the error mode is fatal.
TextDecoderStream.ignoreBOMRead only: Aboolean indicating whether the byte order mark is ignored.
TextDecoderStream.readableRead only: Returns theReadableStream instance controlled by this object.
TextDecoderStream.writableRead only: Returns theWritableStream instance controlled by this object.

Examples

Examples of streaming structured data and HTML

Specifications

Specification
Encoding # interface-textdecoderstream

Browser compatibility

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