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I am able to set data source encoding through this answer to Setting character encoding for all layers at once using PyQGIS? and now i want to list all the datasource encodig types. how it is possible i have also check official API but nothing found!

for layer in QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().mapLayers().values():
    layer.setProviderEncoding(u'UTF-8')
    layer.dataProvider().setEncoding(u'UTF-8')
    print layer.name(), layer.dataProvider().encoding() 
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  • You want to list all encoding types from your layers or all encoding types available in QGIS?
    – Joseph
    Dec 1, 2016 at 10:31
  • i want to get both Dec 1, 2016 at 10:33

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The QgsVectorDataProvider class has the availableEncodings() method which provides you with a list of available encoding types:

QgsVectorDataProvider.availableEncodings()

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