The data read-only property of the MessageEvent interface represents the data sent by the message emitter.
MessageEvent.data
Value
The data sent by the message emitter; this can be any data type.
Examples
myWorker.onmessage = function(e) { result.textContent = e.data; console.log('Message received from worker'); };
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-messageevent-data-dev |
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 | |
data |
1
|
12
|
3
|
9
|
≤12.1
|
4
|
≤37
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
3.2
|
1.0
|
See also
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ExtendableMessageEvent— similar to this interface but used in interfaces that needs to give more flexibility to authors.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MessageEvent/data
