encode.convert(options)

Method Description	Converts a string to another type of encoding.
Returns	The re-encoded string.
Supported Script Types	Server scripts For more information, see SuiteScript 2.x Script Types.
Governance	None
Module	N/encode Module
Since	2015.1

Parameters

Note:

The options parameter is a JavaScript object.

Parameter	Type	Required / Optional	Description	Since
options.string	string	required	The string to encode.	2015.1
options.inputEncoding	string	required	The encoding used for the input string. Use encode.Encoding to set the value.	2015.1
options.outputEncoding	string	required	The encoding to apply to the output string. If set to UTF-8 and the input string does not contain a valid UTF-8 encoded string, the operation will continue but the resulting string will contain the replacement character U+FFFD. Use encode.Encoding to set the value.	2015.1

Errors

Error Code	Thrown If
FAILED_TO_DECODE_STRING_ENCODED_BINARY_DATA_USING_1_ENCODING	The value of the options.string parameter does not represent binary data encoded using the encoding specified by the options.inputEncoding parameter.
SSS_MISSING_REQD_ARGUMENT	Any of the options.string, options.inputEncoding, or options.outputEncoding parameters are not provided.

Syntax

Important:

The following code sample shows the syntax for this member. It is not a functional example. For a complete script example, see N/encode Module Script Samples.

            //Add additional code 
...
var hexEncodedString = encode.convert({
    string: stringInput,
    inputEncoding: encode.Encoding.UTF_8,
    outputEncoding: encode.Encoding.HEX
});
...
//Add additional code 

          

Related Topics

• N/encode Module
• SuiteScript 2.x Modules
• SuiteScript 2.x

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