feat: add encoding option (options.encoding)

README.md

@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ module.exports = {
 |Name|Type|Default|Description|
 |:--:|:--:|:-----:|:----------|
 |**`limit`**|`{Number}`|`undefined`|Byte limit to inline files as Data URL|
+|**`prefix`**|`{String}`|`false`|Parameters for the [`file-loader`](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/file-loader) are valid too They are passed to the file-loader if used|
 |**`mimetype`**|`{String}`|`extname`|Specify MIME type for the file (Otherwise it's inferred from the file extension)|
-|**`prefix`**|`{String}`|`false`|Parameters for the [`file-loader`](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/file-loader) are valid too. They are passed to the file-loader if used|
+|**`encoding`**|`{Boolean|String}`|`base64`|Specify the encoding which the file will be inlined with|
 
 ### `limit`
 
@@ -74,6 +75,17 @@ The limit can be specified via loader options and defaults to no limit.
 }
 ```
 
+### `prefix`
+
+```js
+{
+  loader: 'url-loader',
+  options: {
+    prefix: 'img'
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ### `mimetype`
 
 Set the MIME type for the file. If unspecified the file extensions will be used to lookup the MIME type.
@@ -88,13 +100,15 @@ Set the MIME type for the file. If unspecified the file extensions will be used
 }
 ```
 
-### `prefix`
+### `encoding`
+
+Specify the encoding of the file.
 
 ```js
 {
   loader: 'url-loader',
   options: {
-    prefix: 'img'
+    encoding: 'utf-8'
   }
 }
 ```

index.js

@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ module.exports = function(content) {
 
   var mimetype = options.mimetype || options.minetype || mime.lookup(this.resourcePath);
 
+  var encoding = options.encoding || 'base64';
+
   // No limits or limit more than content length
   if(!limit || content.length < limit) {
     if(typeof content === "string") {
       content = new Buffer(content);
     }
 
-    return "module.exports = " + JSON.stringify("data:" + (mimetype ? mimetype + ";" : "") + "base64," + content.toString("base64"));
+    return "module.exports = " + JSON.stringify("data:" + (mimetype ? mimetype + ";" : "") + options.encoding + "," + content.toString(options.encoding));
   }
 
   var fileLoader = require("file-loader");