BroadcastChannel.onmessage

The BroadcastChannel.onmessage event handler is a property that specifies the function to execute when a message event, of type MessageEvent, is received by this BroadcastChannel. Such an event is sent by the browser with a message broadcasted to the channel.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers

Syntax

channel.onmessage = function;

Values

  • function is the name of a user-defined function, without the () suffix or any parameters, or an anonymous function declaration, such as function(event) {...}. An event handler always has one single parameter, containing the event, here of type MessageEvent.

Example

bc.onmessage = function(ev) { console.log(`message event received! '${ev.data}'`); };

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
onmessage
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See also

  • Another, more heavy weight, way of communicating between browser contexts: ServiceWorker

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/BroadcastChannel/onmessage