AbortSignal.onabort

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The onabort read-only property of the FetchSignal interface is an event handler Invoked when an abort event fires, i.e. when the fetch request(s) the signal is communicating with is/are aborted.

Syntax

abortSignal.onabort = function() { ... };

Examples

In the following snippet, we create a new AbortController object, and get its AbortSignal (available in the signal property). Later on we check whether or not it the signal has been aborted using the onabort property, and send an appropriate log to the console.

var controller = new AbortController();
var signal = controller.signal;

signal.onabort = function() {
  console.log('Request aborted');
};

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
DOM
The definition of 'onabort' in that specification.
Living Standard Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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onabort
Experimental
Chrome Full support 66Edge Full support 16Firefox Full support 57IE No support NoOpera Full support 53Safari Full support 11.1WebView Android Full support 66Chrome Android Full support 66Firefox Android Full support 57Opera Android Full support 47Safari iOS Full support 11.3Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0

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See also