# Encoding **encoding** is a simple wrapper around [node-iconv](https://github.com/bnoordhuis/node-iconv) and [iconv-lite](https://github.com/ashtuchkin/iconv-lite/) to convert strings from one encoding to another. If node-iconv is not available for some reason, iconv-lite will be used instead of it as a fallback. [](http://travis-ci.org/andris9/Nodemailer) [](http://badge.fury.io/js/encoding) ## Install Install through npm npm install encoding ## Usage Require the module var encoding = require("encoding"); Convert with encoding.convert() var resultBuffer = encoding.convert(text, toCharset, fromCharset); Where * **text** is either a Buffer or a String to be converted * **toCharset** is the characterset to convert the string * **fromCharset** (*optional*, defaults to UTF-8) is the source charset Output of the conversion is always a Buffer object. Example var result = encoding.convert("ÕÄÖÜ", "Latin_1"); console.log(result); //<Buffer d5 c4 d6 dc> ## iconv support By default only iconv-lite is bundled. If you need node-iconv support, you need to add it as an additional dependency for your project: ..., "dependencies":{ "encoding": "*", "iconv": "*" }, ... ## License **MIT**