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.
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
| Specification |
|---|
| Fetch Standard # ref-for-dom-body-text① |
Browser compatibility
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