MessageEvent: data property

The data read-only property of the MessageEvent interface represents the data sent by the message emitter.

Value

The data sent by the message emitter; this can be any data type, depending on what originated this event.

Examples

js
myWorker.onmessage = (e) => {
  result.textContent = e.data;
  console.log("Message received from worker");
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-messageevent-data-dev

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
Deno
Node.js
data

See also

  • ExtendableMessageEvent — similar to this interface but used in interfaces that needs to give more flexibility to authors.