NDEFReadingEvent: message property

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The message property of the NDEFReadingEvent interface returns an NDEFMessage object containing the received message.

Value

An NDEFMessage object.

Examples

This example shows how to create a convenience function that reads a single tag and then stops polling, saving battery life by cutting unneeded work. The example could easily be extended to time out after a given amount of milliseconds.

js

const ndefReader = new NDEFReader();

function read() {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const ctlr = new AbortController();
    ctlr.signal.onabort = reject;
    ndefReader.addEventListener(
      "reading",
      (event) => {
        ctlr.abort();
        resolve(event);
      },
      { once: true }
    );
    ndefReader.scan({ signal: ctlr.signal }).catch((err) => reject(err));
  });
}

read().then(({ serialNumber }) => {
  console.log(serialNumber);
});

Specifications

Specification
Web NFC API
# dom-ndefreadingevent-message

Browser compatibility

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