BarcodeDetector: getSupportedFormats() static method

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The getSupportedFormats() static method of the BarcodeDetector interface returns a Promise which fulfills with an Array of supported barcode format types.

Syntax

js
BarcodeDetector.getSupportedFormats()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise which fulfills with an Array of supported barcode format types.

Exceptions

No exceptions are thrown.

Examples

The following example calls the getSupportFormat() static method and logs the results to the console.

js
// check supported types
BarcodeDetector.getSupportedFormats().then((supportedFormats) => {
  supportedFormats.forEach((format) => console.log(format));
});

Specifications

Specification
Accelerated Shape Detection in Images
# dom-barcodedetector-getsupportedformats

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getSupportedFormats() static method
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