isEncoding
Returns true if encoding is the name of a supported character encoding, or false otherwise.
import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';
console.log(Buffer.isEncoding('utf8'));
// Prints: true
console.log(Buffer.isEncoding('hex'));
// Prints: true
console.log(Buffer.isEncoding('utf/8'));
// Prints: false
console.log(Buffer.isEncoding(''));
// Prints: falseContent copied to clipboard
Since
v0.9.1
Parameters
encoding
A character encoding name to check.