buffer-encoding

Convert buffers across different encodings, with encoding detection support.

Built on top of encoding and jschardet.

var convert = require('buffer-encoding').convert
 
var buf = convert(someBuf, 'gb2312', 'utf8') // utf8 => gb2312
var buf = convert(someBuf, 'utf8', 'gb2312') // gb2312 => utf8
 
var buf = convert(someStr, 'utf8', 'gb2312') // or string input instead
 
var buf = convert(someBuf, 'utf8') // even with encoding detection
var buf = convert(someBuf) // whatever => utf8

convert(bufferOrString, [toEncoding], [fromEncoding])