The well-known symbol @@asyncIterator.

You can define your own async iterable by setting the [Symbol.asyncIterator] property on an object.

const myAsyncIterable = {
  async *[Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
    yield "hello";
    yield "async";
    yield "iteration!";
  },
};

(async () => {
  for await (const x of myAsyncIterable) {
    console.log(x);
  }
})();
// Logs:
// "hello"
// "async"
// "iteration!"

When creating an API, remember that async iterables are designed to represent something iterable — like a stream of data or a list —, not to completely replace callbacks and events in most situations.

There is no object in the core JavaScript language that is async iterable. Some web APIs, such as ReadableStream, have the Symbol.asyncIterator method set by default.

• Iteration protocols
• for await...of