diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index be405f6a5..b60e1c209 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import BaseRequestHookEventFactory from './request-pipeline/request-hooks/events
 import BaseRequestPipelineContext from './request-pipeline/context/base';
 import isRedirectStatusCode from './utils/is-redirect-status-code';
 import * as contentTypeUtils from './utils/content-type';
+import { decodeBufferToString, encodeStringToBuffer } from './utils/encoding';
 
 export default {
     Proxy,
@@ -66,4 +67,6 @@ export default {
     ResponseInfo,
     isRedirectStatusCode,
     contentTypeUtils,
+    decodeBufferToString,
+    encodeStringToBuffer,
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/encoding.ts b/src/utils/encoding.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09d41b305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/encoding.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import Charset from '../processing/encoding/charset';
+import charsetEncoder from 'iconv-lite';
+
+export function decodeBufferToString (content: Buffer, contentType: string) {
+    const charset = new Charset();
+
+    charset.fromContentType(contentType);
+
+    return charsetEncoder.decode(content, charset.get());
+}
+export function encodeStringToBuffer (content: string, contentType: string) {
+    const charset = new Charset();
+
+    charset.fromContentType(contentType);
+
+    return charsetEncoder.encode(content, charset.get());
+}
diff --git a/ts-defs/index.d.ts b/ts-defs/index.d.ts
index 5769c8032..3018bff90 100644
--- a/ts-defs/index.d.ts
+++ b/ts-defs/index.d.ts
@@ -619,6 +619,12 @@ declare module 'testcafe-hammerhead' {
     /** Proxy injectable scripts **/
     export const INJECTABLE_SCRIPTS: string[];
 
+    /** Extract String from Buffer **/
+    export function decodeBufferToString (content: Buffer, contentType: string): string;
+    
+    /** Convert String to Buffer **/
+    export function encodeStringToBuffer (content: string, contentType: string): Buffer;
+
     /** Allows to accept cross-origin request for proxy routes **/
     function acceptCrossOrigin (res: ServerResponse): void;