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.

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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See also