Request: text() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The text()
method of the Request
interface
reads the request body and returns it as a promise that resolves with a String
.
The response is always decoded using UTF-8.
Syntax
js
text()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A Promise that resolves with a String
.
Examples
js
const text = "Hello world";
const request = new Request("/myEndpoint", {
method: "POST",
body: text,
});
request.text().then((text) => {
// do something with the text sent in the request
});
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Fetch Standard # ref-for-dom-body-text① |
Browser compatibility
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