---
title: Encode String
sidebar:
  label: Encode
  order: 2
---
import SchemaInfo from '../../../../components/SchemaInfo.astro';

The `string.encode` processor takes a string and turns it into an array of bytes. This processor will return an error if the message being processed is not a string.

<SchemaInfo type="processor" id="string.encode"/>

### Example

```yaml
- id: encode
  type: string.encode
```