Function convert

lib/encoding.js:16–47

* Convert encoding of an UTF-8 string or a buffer * * @param {String|Buffer} str String to be converted * @param {String} to Encoding to be converted to * @param {String} [from='UTF-8'] Encoding to be converted from * @return {Buffer} Encoded string

(str, to, from)

 * @return {Buffer} Encoded string
 */
function convert(str, to, from) {
    from = checkEncoding(from || 'UTF-8');
    to = checkEncoding(to || 'UTF-8');
    str = str || '';

    var result;

    if (from !== 'UTF-8' && typeof str === 'string') {
        str = Buffer.from(str, 'binary');
    }

    if (from === to) {
        if (typeof str === 'string') {
            result = Buffer.from(str);
        } else {
            result = str;
        }
    } else {
        try {
            result = convertIconvLite(str, to, from);
        } catch (E) {
            console.error(E);
            result = str;
        }
    }

    if (typeof result === 'string') {
        result = Buffer.from(result, 'utf-8');
    }

    return result;
}

/**
 * Convert encoding of astring with iconv-lite