AbortController - Web APIs | MDN (original) (raw)

Constructor

AbortController()

Creates a new AbortController object instance.

Instance properties

AbortController.signal Read only

Returns an AbortSignal object instance, which can be used to communicate with, or to abort, an asynchronous operation.

Instance methods

AbortController.abort()

Aborts an asynchronous operation before it has completed. This is able to abort fetch requests, consumption of any response bodies, and streams.

Examples

See the AbortSignal page for usage examples.

You can find a full working example on GitHub; you can also see it running live.

Specifications

Specification
DOM # interface-abortcontroller

Browser compatibility

See also