The read-only body property of the Request interface contains a ReadableStream with the body contents that have been added to the request. Note that a request using the GET or HEAD method cannot have a body and null is returned in these cases.
Request: body property
Value
A ReadableStream or null.
Examples
js
const request = new Request("/myEndpoint", {
method: "POST",
body: "Hello world",
});
request.body; // ReadableStream
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Fetch Standard # ref-for-dom-body-body① |
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 | |
body |
105 | 105 | No | No | 91 | 11.1 | 105 | 105 | No | 72 | 11.3 | 20.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request/body