BroadcastChannel()
The BroadcastChannel()
constructor creates a new BroadcastChannel
and connects it to the underlying channel.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers
Syntax
channel = new BroadcastChannel(channelName);
Values
- channelName
-
Is a
DOMString
representing the name of the channel; there is one single channel with this name for all browsing contexts with the same origin.
Example
// create a new channel listening to the "internal_notification" channel. var bc = new BroadcastChannel('internal_notification'); bc.postMessage('New listening connected!');
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard (HTML) # dom-broadcastchannel-dev |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
BroadcastChannel |
54 |
79 |
38 |
No |
41 |
preview |
54 |
54 |
38 |
41 |
No |
6.0 |
See also
-
BroadcastChannel
, the interface it belongs to.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/BroadcastChannel/BroadcastChannel