PerformanceNavigationTiming.type

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The type read-only property returns a string representing the type of navigation. The value must be one of the following:

navigate

Navigation started by clicking a link, entering the URL in the browser's address bar, form submission, or initializing through a script operation other than reload and back_forward as listed below.

reload

Navigation is through the browser's reload operation or location.reload().

back_forward

Navigation is through the browser's history traversal operation.

prerender

Navigation is initiated by a prerender hint.

This property is Read only .

Syntax

perfEntry.type;

Return Value

A string which is one of the values listed above.

Example

The following example illustrates this property's usage.

function print_nav_timing_data() {
  // Use getEntriesByType() to just get the "navigation" events
  var perfEntries = performance.getEntriesByType("navigation");

  for (var i=0; i < perfEntries.length; i++) {
    console.log("= Navigation entry[" + i + "]");
    var p = perfEntries[i];
    // dom Properties
    console.log("DOM content loaded = " + (p.domContentLoadedEventEnd - p.domContentLoadedEventStart));
    console.log("DOM complete = " + p.domComplete);
    console.log("DOM interactive = " + p.interactive);

    // document load and unload time
    console.log("document load = " + (p.loadEventEnd - p.loadEventStart));
    console.log("document unload = " + (p.unloadEventEnd - p.unloadEventStart));

    // other properties
    console.log("type = " + p.type);
    console.log("redirectCount = " + p.redirectCount);
  }
}

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
type
57
12
58
No
44
No
57
57
58
43
No
7.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PerformanceNavigationTiming/type