method BufferConstructor.isEncoding
Jump to headingBufferConstructor.isEncoding(encoding: string): encoding is BufferEncodingReturns 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: false
Parameters Jump to heading
Jump to headingencoding: stringA character encoding name to check.
Return Type Jump to heading
encoding is BufferEncoding