Navigator.serial

The serial read-only property of the Navigator interface returns a Serial object which represents the entry point into the Web Serial API.

When getting, the same instance of the Serial object will always be returned.

Syntax

var serialObj = navigator.serial;

Value

A Serial object.

Examples

The following example uses the getPorts() method to initialize a list of available ports.

navigator.serial.getPorts()
.then((ports) => {
  // Initialize the list of available ports with `ports` on page load.
});

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
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See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/serial