---

title: "TextEncoder: encode() method"

short-title: encode()

slug: Web/API/TextEncoder/encode

page-type: web-api-instance-method

browser-compat: api.TextEncoder.encode

---

{{APIRef("Encoding API")}}{{AvailableInWorkers}}

The **`TextEncoder.encode()`** method takes a string as input, and returns a {{jsxref("Global_Objects/Uint8Array", "Uint8Array")}} containing the string {{glossary("character encoding", "encoded")}} using {{glossary("UTF-8")}}.

## Syntax

```js-nolint

encode(string)

```

### Parameters

- `string`

- : A string containing the text to encode.

### Return value

A {{jsxref("Uint8Array")}} object containing the UTF-8 encoding of the input string.

## Examples

```html

<p class="source">Sample paragraph.</p>

<p class="result">Encoded result:</p>

```

```js

const sourcePara = document.querySelector(".source");

const resultPara = document.querySelector(".result");

const string = sourcePara.textContent;

const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();

const encoded = textEncoder.encode(string);

resultPara.textContent = `${resultPara.textContent} ${encoded}`;

```

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## Specifications

{{Specifications}}

## Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

## See also

- The {{DOMxRef("TextEncoder")}} interface it belongs to.