Request

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

You can create a new Request object using the 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(): Creates a new Request object.

Instance properties

Request.body Read only: A ReadableStream of the body contents.
Request.bodyUsed Read only: Stores true or false to indicate whether or not the body has been used in a request yet.
Request.cache Read only: Contains the cache mode of the request (e.g., default, reload, no-cache).
Request.credentials Read only: Contains the credentials of the request (e.g., omit, same-origin, include). The default is same-origin.
Request.destination Read only: Returns a string describing the request's destination. This is a string indicating the type of content being requested.
Request.headers Read only: Contains the associated Headers object of the request.
Request.integrity Read only: Contains the subresource integrity value of the request (e.g., sha256-BpfBw7ivV8q2jLiT13fxDYAe2tJllusRSZ273h2nFSE=).
Request.method Read only: Contains the request's method (GET, POST, etc.)
Request.mode Read only: Contains the mode of the request (e.g., cors, no-cors, same-origin, navigate.)
Request.redirect Read only: Contains the mode for how redirects are handled. It may be one of follow, error, or manual.
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.signal Read only: Returns the AbortSignal associated with the request
Request.url Read only: Contains the URL of the request.

Instance methods

Request.arrayBuffer(): Returns a promise that resolves with an ArrayBuffer representation of the request body.
Request.blob(): Returns a promise that resolves with a Blob representation of the request body.
Request.clone(): Creates a copy of the current Request object.
Request.formData(): Returns a promise that resolves with a FormData representation of the request body.
Request.json(): Returns a promise that resolves with the result of parsing the request body as JSON.
Request.text(): Returns a promise that resolves with a text representation of the request body.

Note: The request body functions can be run only once; subsequent calls will resolve with empty strings/ArrayBuffers.

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 request = new Request("https://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico");

const url = request.url;
const method = request.method;
const credentials = request.credentials;

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

fetch(request)
  .then((response) => response.blob())
  .then((blob) => {
    image.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 request = new Request("https://example.com", {
  method: "POST",
  body: '{"foo": "bar"}',
});

const url = request.url;
const method = request.method;
const credentials = request.credentials;
const bodyUsed = request.bodyUsed;

Note: The body can only be a Blob, an ArrayBuffer, a TypedArray, a DataView, a FormData, a URLSearchParams, a ReadableStream, or a String object, as well as a string literal, so for adding a JSON object to the payload you need to stringify that object.

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

fetch(request)
  .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

Specification
Fetch Standard # request-class

Browser compatibility

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