Request

The Request interface of the Fetch API represents a resource request.

You can create a new Request object using the Request.Request() constructor, but you are more likely to encounter a Request object being returned as the result of another API operation, such as a service worker FetchEvent.request.

Constructor

Request.Request()

Creates a new Request object.

Properties

Request.method Read only

Contains the request's method (GET, POST, etc.)

Request.url Read only

Contains the URL of the request.

Request.headers Read only

Contains the associated Headers object of the request.

Request.context Read only

Contains the context of the request (e.g., audio, image, iframe, etc.)

Request.referrer Read only

Contains the referrer of the request (e.g., client).

Request.referrerPolicy Read only

Contains the referrer policy of the request (e.g., no-referrer).

Request.mode Read only

Contains the mode of the request (e.g., cors, no-cors, same-origin, navigate.)

Request.credentials Read only

Contains the credentials of the request (e.g., omit, same-origin).

Request.redirect Read only

Contains the mode for how redirects are handled. It may be one of follow, error, or manual.

Request.integrity Read only

Contains the subresource integrity value of the request (e.g., sha256-BpfBw7ivV8q2jLiT13fxDYAe2tJllusRSZ273h2nFSE=).

Request.cache Read only

Contains the cache mode of the request (e.g., default, reload, no-cache).

Request implements Body, so it also has the following properties available to it:

Body.body Read only

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

Body.bodyUsed Read only

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

Methods

Request.clone()

Creates a copy of the current Request object.

Request implements Body, so it also has the following methods available to it:

Body.arrayBuffer()

Returns a promise that resolves with an ArrayBuffer representation of the request body.

Body.blob()

Returns a promise that resolves with a Blob representation of the request body.

Body.formData()

Returns a promise that resolves with a FormData representation of the request body.

Body.json()

Returns a promise that resolves with a JSON representation of the request body.

Body.text()

Returns a promise that resolves with an USVString (text) representation of the request body.

Examples

In the following snippet, we create a new request using the Request() constructor (for an image file in the same directory as the script), then return some property values of the request:

const myRequest = new Request('http://localhost/flowers.jpg');

const myURL = myRequest.url; // http://localhost/flowers.jpg
const myMethod = myRequest.method; // GET
const myCred = myRequest.credentials; // omit

You could then fetch this request by passing the Request object in as a parameter to a GlobalFetch.fetch() call, for example:

fetch(myRequest)
  .then(response => response.blob())
  .then(blob => {
    myImage.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
  });

In the following snippet, we create a new request using the Request() constructor with some initial data and body content for an api request which need a body payload:

const myRequest = new Request('http://localhost/api', {method: 'POST', body: '{"foo":"bar"}'});
 
const myURL = myRequest.url; // http://localhost/api
const myMethod = myRequest.method; // POST
const myCred = myRequest.credentials; // omit
const bodyUsed = myRequest.bodyUsed; // true

You could then fetch this api request by passing the Request object in as a parameter to a GlobalFetch.fetch() call, for example and get the response:

fetch(myRequest)
  .then(response => {
    if (response.status === 200) {
      return response.json();
    } else {
      throw new Error('Something went wrong on api server!');
    }
  })
  .then(response => {
    console.debug(response);
    // ...
  }).catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

Specifications

Browser compatibility

[1] Readable streams are currently enabled in Firefox, but hidden behind the dom.streams.enabled and javascript.options.streams prefs.

See also

• ServiceWorker API
• HTTP access control (CORS)
• HTTP