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class Request
implements Body

This Fetch API interface represents a resource request.

Constructors

new
Request(input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit)

Properties

readonly
body: ReadableStream<Uint8Array> | null

A simple getter used to expose a ReadableStream of the body contents.

readonly
bodyUsed: boolean

Stores a Boolean that declares whether the body has been used in a request yet.

readonly
cache: RequestCache

Returns the cache mode associated with request, which is a string indicating how the request will interact with the browser's cache when fetching.

readonly
credentials: RequestCredentials

Returns the credentials mode associated with request, which is a string indicating whether credentials will be sent with the request always, never, or only when sent to a same-origin URL.

readonly
destination: RequestDestination

Returns the kind of resource requested by request, e.g., "document" or "script".

readonly
headers: Headers

Returns a Headers object consisting of the headers associated with request. Note that headers added in the network layer by the user agent will not be accounted for in this object, e.g., the "Host" header.

readonly
integrity: string

Returns request's subresource integrity metadata, which is a cryptographic hash of the resource being fetched. Its value consists of multiple hashes separated by whitespace. [SRI]

readonly
isHistoryNavigation: boolean

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not request is for a history navigation (a.k.a. back-forward navigation).

readonly
isReloadNavigation: boolean

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not request is for a reload navigation.

readonly
keepalive: boolean

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not request can outlive the global in which it was created.

readonly
method: string

Returns request's HTTP method, which is "GET" by default.

readonly
mode: RequestMode

Returns the mode associated with request, which is a string indicating whether the request will use CORS, or will be restricted to same-origin URLs.

readonly
redirect: RequestRedirect

Returns the redirect mode associated with request, which is a string indicating how redirects for the request will be handled during fetching. A request will follow redirects by default.

readonly
referrer: string

Returns the referrer of request. Its value can be a same-origin URL if explicitly set in init, the empty string to indicate no referrer, and "about:client" when defaulting to the global's default. This is used during fetching to determine the value of the Referer header of the request being made.

readonly
referrerPolicy: ReferrerPolicy

Returns the referrer policy associated with request. This is used during fetching to compute the value of the request's referrer.

readonly
signal: AbortSignal

Returns the signal associated with request, which is an AbortSignal object indicating whether or not request has been aborted, and its abort event handler.

readonly
url: string

Returns the URL of request as a string.

Methods

arrayBuffer(): Promise<ArrayBuffer>

Takes a Request stream and reads it to completion. It returns a promise that resolves with an ArrayBuffer.

blob(): Promise<Blob>

Takes a Request stream and reads it to completion. It returns a promise that resolves with a Blob.

formData(): Promise<FormData>

Takes a Request stream and reads it to completion. It returns a promise that resolves with a FormData object.

json(): Promise<any>

Takes a Request stream and reads it to completion. It returns a promise that resolves with the result of parsing the body text as JSON.

text(): Promise<string>

Takes a Request stream and reads it to completion. It returns a promise that resolves with a USVString (text).