webRequest.StreamFilter.write()

Writes some response data to the output stream.

Syntax

filter.write(
  data    // ArrayBuffer or Uint8Array
)

Parameters

data

Uint8Array or ArrayBuffer: array of bytes containing the data to pass to the browser's rendering engine.

Return value

None.

Browser compatibility

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Examples

This example uses write(), to replace "Example" in the first chunk of the response with "WebExtension Example".

function listener(details) {
  let filter = browser.webRequest.filterResponseData(details.requestId);
  let decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8");
  let encoder = new TextEncoder();

  filter.ondata = event => {
    let str = decoder.decode(event.data, {stream: true});
    // Just change any instance of Example in the HTTP response
    // to WebExtension Example.
    str = str.replace(/Example/g, 'WebExtension Example');
    filter.write(encoder.encode(str));
    filter.disconnect();
  }

  //return {}; // not needed
}

browser.webRequest.onBeforeRequest.addListener(
  listener,
  {urls: ["https://example.com/*"], types: ["main_frame"]},
  ["blocking"]
);