HTML DOM Document characterSet

Get the character encoding for a document:

encoding = document.characterSet;

Description

The characterSet property returns the character encoding for a document.

document.characterSet

Type	Description
String	The document's character encoding.

document.characterSet is a DOM Level 3 (2004) feature.

It is fully supported in all modern browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11