The PeriodicSyncEvent() constructor creates a new PeriodicSyncEvent object. This constructor is not typically used. The browser creates these objects itself and provides them to onperiodicsync callback.

type

A string with the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers set it to periodicsync.

options

An object that, in addition of the properties defined in Event(), can have the following properties:

tag

The tag referencing the sync event.

A new PeriodicSyncEvent object configured using the given inputs.

This example constructs a new PeriodicSyncEvent with the relevant associated tag.

const psEvent = new ExtendableEvent("periodicsync", { tag: "unique-tag" });

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