webRequest.StreamFilter.suspend()
Suspends a request. After this is called, no more data will be delivered until the request is resumed with a call to resume()
.
You can't call this function until after the onstart
event has fired.
Syntax
js
filter.suspend()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
This example uses suspend/resume to delay a web request.
js
function listener(details) {
let filter = browser.webRequest.filterResponseData(details.requestId);
filter.onstart = (event) => {
filter.suspend();
setTimeout(() => {
filter.resume();
filter.disconnect();
}, 1000);
};
}
browser.webRequest.onBeforeRequest.addListener(
listener,
{ urls: ["https://example.org/"], types: ["main_frame"] },
["blocking"],
);