BackgroundFetchEvent: BackgroundFetchEvent() constructor
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The BackgroundFetchEvent() constructor creates a new BackgroundFetchEvent object. This constructor is not typically used as the browser creates these objects itself and provides them to background fetch event callbacks.
Syntax
js
new BackgroundFetchEvent(type, options)
Parameters
type-
A string with the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers set it to
backgroundfetchabortorbackgroundfetchclick. options-
An object that, in addition of the properties defined in
ExtendableEvent(), has the following properties:registration-
A
BackgroundFetchRegistrationobject.
Return value
A new BackgroundFetchEvent object.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Background Fetch # dom-backgroundfetchevent-backgroundfetchevent |
Browser compatibility
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