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- Class:
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- Class:
Blob
- Class:
Buffer
- Class:
ByteLengthQueuingStrategy
__dirname
__filename
atob(data)
BroadcastChannel
btoa(data)
clearImmediate(immediateObject)
clearInterval(intervalObject)
clearTimeout(timeoutObject)
- Class:
CompressionStream
console
- Class:
CountQueuingStrategy
Crypto
crypto
CryptoKey
CustomEvent
- Class:
DecompressionStream
Event
EventTarget
exports
fetch
- Class:
File
- Class
FormData
global
- Class
Headers
MessageChannel
MessageEvent
MessagePort
module
Navigator
navigator
PerformanceEntry
PerformanceMark
PerformanceMeasure
PerformanceObserver
PerformanceObserverEntryList
PerformanceResourceTiming
performance
process
queueMicrotask(callback)
- Class:
ReadableByteStreamController
- Class:
ReadableStream
- Class:
ReadableStreamBYOBReader
- Class:
ReadableStreamBYOBRequest
- Class:
ReadableStreamDefaultController
- Class:
ReadableStreamDefaultReader
require()
Response
Request
setImmediate(callback[, ...args])
setInterval(callback, delay[, ...args])
setTimeout(callback, delay[, ...args])
structuredClone(value[, options])
SubtleCrypto
DOMException
TextDecoder
- Class:
TextDecoderStream
TextEncoder
- Class:
TextEncoderStream
- Class:
TransformStream
- Class:
TransformStreamDefaultController
URL
URLSearchParams
WebAssembly
- Class:
WritableStream
- Class:
WritableStreamDefaultController
- Class:
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Table of contents
- Global objects
- Class:
AbortController
- Class:
Blob
- Class:
Buffer
- Class:
ByteLengthQueuingStrategy
__dirname
__filename
atob(data)
BroadcastChannel
btoa(data)
clearImmediate(immediateObject)
clearInterval(intervalObject)
clearTimeout(timeoutObject)
- Class:
CompressionStream
console
- Class:
CountQueuingStrategy
Crypto
crypto
CryptoKey
CustomEvent
- Class:
DecompressionStream
Event
EventTarget
exports
fetch
- Class:
File
- Class
FormData
global
- Class
Headers
MessageChannel
MessageEvent
MessagePort
module
Navigator
navigator
PerformanceEntry
PerformanceMark
PerformanceMeasure
PerformanceObserver
PerformanceObserverEntryList
PerformanceResourceTiming
performance
process
queueMicrotask(callback)
- Class:
ReadableByteStreamController
- Class:
ReadableStream
- Class:
ReadableStreamBYOBReader
- Class:
ReadableStreamBYOBRequest
- Class:
ReadableStreamDefaultController
- Class:
ReadableStreamDefaultReader
require()
Response
Request
setImmediate(callback[, ...args])
setInterval(callback, delay[, ...args])
setTimeout(callback, delay[, ...args])
structuredClone(value[, options])
SubtleCrypto
DOMException
TextDecoder
- Class:
TextDecoderStream
TextEncoder
- Class:
TextEncoderStream
- Class:
TransformStream
- Class:
TransformStreamDefaultController
URL
URLSearchParams
WebAssembly
- Class:
WritableStream
- Class:
WritableStreamDefaultController
- Class:
WritableStreamDefaultWriter
- Class:
Global objects#
These objects are available in all modules. The following variables may appear to be global but are not. They exist only in the scope of modules, see the module system documentation:
The objects listed here are specific to Node.js. There are built-in objects that are part of the JavaScript language itself, which are also globally accessible.
Class: AbortController
#
A utility class used to signal cancelation in selected Promise
-based APIs.
The API is based on the Web API AbortController
.
const ac = new AbortController();
ac.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => console.log('Aborted!'),
{ once: true });
ac.abort();
console.log(ac.signal.aborted); // Prints true
abortController.abort([reason])
#
reason
<any> An optional reason, retrievable on theAbortSignal
'sreason
property.
Triggers the abort signal, causing the abortController.signal
to emit
the 'abort'
event.
abortController.signal
#
- Type: <AbortSignal>
Class: AbortSignal
#
- Extends: <EventTarget>
The AbortSignal
is used to notify observers when the
abortController.abort()
method is called.
Static method: AbortSignal.abort([reason])
#
reason
: <any>- Returns: <AbortSignal>
Returns a new already aborted AbortSignal
.
Static method: AbortSignal.timeout(delay)
#
delay
<number> The number of milliseconds to wait before triggering the AbortSignal.
Returns a new AbortSignal
which will be aborted in delay
milliseconds.
Static method: AbortSignal.any(signals)
#
signals
<AbortSignal[]> TheAbortSignal
s of which to compose a newAbortSignal
.
Returns a new AbortSignal
which will be aborted if any of the provided
signals are aborted. Its abortSignal.reason
will be set to whichever
one of the signals
caused it to be aborted.
Event: 'abort'
#
The 'abort'
event is emitted when the abortController.abort()
method
is called. The callback is invoked with a single object argument with a
single type
property set to 'abort'
:
const ac = new AbortController();
// Use either the onabort property...
ac.signal.onabort = () => console.log('aborted!');
// Or the EventTarget API...
ac.signal.addEventListener('abort', (event) => {
console.log(event.type); // Prints 'abort'
}, { once: true });
ac.abort();
The AbortController
with which the AbortSignal
is associated will only
ever trigger the 'abort'
event once. We recommended that code check
that the abortSignal.aborted
attribute is false
before adding an 'abort'
event listener.
Any event listeners attached to the AbortSignal
should use the
{ once: true }
option (or, if using the EventEmitter
APIs to attach a
listener, use the once()
method) to ensure that the event listener is
removed as soon as the 'abort'
event is handled. Failure to do so may
result in memory leaks.
abortSignal.aborted
#
- Type: <boolean> True after the
AbortController
has been aborted.
abortSignal.onabort
#
- Type: <Function>
An optional callback function that may be set by user code to be notified
when the abortController.abort()
function has been called.
abortSignal.reason
#
- Type: <any>
An optional reason specified when the AbortSignal
was triggered.
const ac = new AbortController();
ac.abort(new Error('boom!'));
console.log(ac.signal.reason); // Error: boom!
abortSignal.throwIfAborted()
#
If abortSignal.aborted
is true
, throws abortSignal.reason
.
Class: Blob
#
See <Blob>.
Class: Buffer
#
Used to handle binary data. See the buffer section.
Class: ByteLengthQueuingStrategy
#
A browser-compatible implementation of ByteLengthQueuingStrategy
.
__dirname
#
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See __dirname
.
__filename
#
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See __filename
.
atob(data)
#
Buffer.from(data, 'base64')
instead.Global alias for buffer.atob()
.
BroadcastChannel
#
See <BroadcastChannel>.
btoa(data)
#
buf.toString('base64')
instead.Global alias for buffer.btoa()
.
clearImmediate(immediateObject)
#
clearImmediate
is described in the timers section.
clearInterval(intervalObject)
#
clearInterval
is described in the timers section.
clearTimeout(timeoutObject)
#
clearTimeout
is described in the timers section.
Class: CompressionStream
#
A browser-compatible implementation of CompressionStream
.
console
#
Used to print to stdout and stderr. See the console
section.
Class: CountQueuingStrategy
#
A browser-compatible implementation of CountQueuingStrategy
.
Crypto
#
--no-experimental-global-webcrypto
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of <Crypto>. This global is available
only if the Node.js binary was compiled with including support for the
node:crypto
module.
crypto
#
--no-experimental-global-webcrypto
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of the Web Crypto API.
CryptoKey
#
--no-experimental-global-webcrypto
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of <CryptoKey>. This global is available
only if the Node.js binary was compiled with including support for the
node:crypto
module.
CustomEvent
#
--no-experimental-global-customevent
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of the CustomEvent
Web API.
Class: DecompressionStream
#
A browser-compatible implementation of DecompressionStream
.
Event
#
A browser-compatible implementation of the Event
class. See
EventTarget
and Event
API for more details.
EventTarget
#
A browser-compatible implementation of the EventTarget
class. See
EventTarget
and Event
API for more details.
exports
#
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See exports
.
fetch
#
--no-experimental-fetch
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of the fetch()
function.
Class: File
#
See <File>.
Class FormData
#
--no-experimental-fetch
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of <FormData>.
global
#
globalThis
instead.- <Object> The global namespace object.
In browsers, the top-level scope has traditionally been the global scope. This
means that var something
will define a new global variable, except within
ECMAScript modules. In Node.js, this is different. The top-level scope is not
the global scope; var something
inside a Node.js module will be local to that
module, regardless of whether it is a CommonJS module or an
ECMAScript module.
Class Headers
#
--no-experimental-fetch
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of <Headers>.
MessageChannel
#
The MessageChannel
class. See MessageChannel
for more details.
MessageEvent
#
The MessageEvent
class. See MessageEvent
for more details.
MessagePort
#
The MessagePort
class. See MessagePort
for more details.
module
#
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See module
.
Navigator
#
A partial implementation of the Navigator API.
navigator
#
A partial implementation of window.navigator
.
navigator.hardwareConcurrency
#
The navigator.hardwareConcurrency
read-only property returns the number of
logical processors available to the current Node.js instance.
console.log(`This process is running on ${navigator.hardwareConcurrency}`);
PerformanceEntry
#
The PerformanceEntry
class. See PerformanceEntry
for more details.
PerformanceMark
#
The PerformanceMark
class. See PerformanceMark
for more details.
PerformanceMeasure
#
The PerformanceMeasure
class. See PerformanceMeasure
for more details.
PerformanceObserver
#
The PerformanceObserver
class. See PerformanceObserver
for more details.
PerformanceObserverEntryList
#
The PerformanceObserverEntryList
class. See
PerformanceObserverEntryList
for more details.
PerformanceResourceTiming
#
The PerformanceResourceTiming
class. See PerformanceResourceTiming
for
more details.
performance
#
The perf_hooks.performance
object.
process
#
The process object. See the process
object section.
queueMicrotask(callback)
#
callback
<Function> Function to be queued.
The queueMicrotask()
method queues a microtask to invoke callback
. If
callback
throws an exception, the process
object 'uncaughtException'
event will be emitted.
The microtask queue is managed by V8 and may be used in a similar manner to
the process.nextTick()
queue, which is managed by Node.js. The
process.nextTick()
queue is always processed before the microtask queue
within each turn of the Node.js event loop.
// Here, `queueMicrotask()` is used to ensure the 'load' event is always
// emitted asynchronously, and therefore consistently. Using
// `process.nextTick()` here would result in the 'load' event always emitting
// before any other promise jobs.
DataHandler.prototype.load = async function load(key) {
const hit = this._cache.get(key);
if (hit !== undefined) {
queueMicrotask(() => {
this.emit('load', hit);
});
return;
}
const data = await fetchData(key);
this._cache.set(key, data);
this.emit('load', data);
};
Class: ReadableByteStreamController
#
A browser-compatible implementation of ReadableByteStreamController
.
Class: ReadableStream
#
A browser-compatible implementation of ReadableStream
.
Class: ReadableStreamBYOBReader
#
A browser-compatible implementation of ReadableStreamBYOBReader
.
Class: ReadableStreamBYOBRequest
#
A browser-compatible implementation of ReadableStreamBYOBRequest
.
Class: ReadableStreamDefaultController
#
A browser-compatible implementation of ReadableStreamDefaultController
.
Class: ReadableStreamDefaultReader
#
A browser-compatible implementation of ReadableStreamDefaultReader
.
require()
#
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See require()
.
Response
#
--no-experimental-fetch
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of <Response>.
Request
#
--no-experimental-fetch
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of <Request>.
setImmediate(callback[, ...args])
#
setImmediate
is described in the timers section.
setInterval(callback, delay[, ...args])
#
setInterval
is described in the timers section.
setTimeout(callback, delay[, ...args])
#
setTimeout
is described in the timers section.
structuredClone(value[, options])
#
The WHATWG structuredClone
method.
SubtleCrypto
#
--no-experimental-global-webcrypto
CLI flag.A browser-compatible implementation of <SubtleCrypto>. This global is available
only if the Node.js binary was compiled with including support for the
node:crypto
module.
DOMException
#
The WHATWG DOMException
class. See DOMException
for more details.
TextDecoder
#
The WHATWG TextDecoder
class. See the TextDecoder
section.
Class: TextDecoderStream
#
A browser-compatible implementation of TextDecoderStream
.
TextEncoder
#
The WHATWG TextEncoder
class. See the TextEncoder
section.
Class: TextEncoderStream
#
A browser-compatible implementation of TextEncoderStream
.
Class: TransformStream
#
A browser-compatible implementation of TransformStream
.
Class: TransformStreamDefaultController
#
A browser-compatible implementation of TransformStreamDefaultController
.
URL
#
The WHATWG URL
class. See the URL
section.
URLSearchParams
#
The WHATWG URLSearchParams
class. See the URLSearchParams
section.
WebAssembly
#
The object that acts as the namespace for all W3C WebAssembly related functionality. See the Mozilla Developer Network for usage and compatibility.
Class: WritableStream
#
A browser-compatible implementation of WritableStream
.
Class: WritableStreamDefaultController
#
A browser-compatible implementation of WritableStreamDefaultController
.
Class: WritableStreamDefaultWriter
#
A browser-compatible implementation of WritableStreamDefaultWriter
.