Request: text() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The text() method of the Request interface reads the request body and returns it as a promise that resolves with a String. The response is always decoded using UTF-8.
Syntax
js
text() Parameters
None.
Return value
A Promise that resolves with a String.
Examples
js
const text = "Hello world"; const request = new Request("/myEndpoint", { method: "POST", body: text, }); request.text().then((text) => { // do something with the text sent in the request }); Specifications
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| Fetch # ref-for-dom-body-text① |
Browser compatibility
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