The blob() method of the Response interface takes a Response stream and reads it to completion. It returns a promise that resolves with a Blob.
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Response: blob() method
Syntax
js
blob()
Parameters
None.
Note: If the Response has a Response.type of "opaque", the resulting Blob will have a Blob.size of 0 and a Blob.type of empty string "", which renders it useless for methods like URL.createObjectURL().
Return value
A promise that resolves with a Blob.
Examples
In our fetch request example (run fetch request live), we create a new request using the Request() constructor, then use it to fetch a JPG. When the fetch is successful, we read a Blob out of the response using blob(), put it into an object URL using URL.createObjectURL(), and then set that URL as the source of an <img> element to display the image.
js
const myImage = document.querySelector("img");
const myRequest = new Request("flowers.jpg");
fetch(myRequest)
.then((response) => response.blob())
.then((myBlob) => {
const objectURL = URL.createObjectURL(myBlob);
myImage.src = objectURL;
});
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Fetch Standard # ref-for-dom-body-blob① |
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 | |
blob |
42 | 14 | 39 | No | 29 | 10.1 | 42 | 42 | 39 | 29 | 10.3 | 4.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response/blob