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

filter.suspend()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None.

Browser compatibility

Examples

This example uses suspend/resume to delay a web request.

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"],
);