Request: arrayBuffer() 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 arrayBuffer() method of the Request interface reads the request body and returns it as a promise that resolves with an ArrayBuffer.

Syntax

js
arrayBuffer() 

Parameters

None.

Return value

A promise that resolves with an ArrayBuffer.

Examples

js
const myArray = new Uint8Array(10); const request = new Request("/myEndpoint", { method: "POST", body: myArray, }); request.arrayBuffer().then((buffer) => { // do something with the buffer sent in the request }); 

Specifications

Specification
Fetch
# ref-for-dom-body-arraybuffer①

Browser compatibility

See also