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NavigationHistoryEntry: getState() method

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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The getState() method of the NavigationHistoryEntry interface returns a clone of the developer-supplied state associated with this history entry.

Syntax

js

getState()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A value representing the state. This can be any structured-cloneable data type.

If no state is defined, it returns undefined.

Exceptions

None.

Examples

js

async function handleReload() {
  // Update existing state via reload()
  await navigation.reload({
    state: { ...navigation.currentEntry.getState(), newState: 3 },
  });

  // Print current state to the console
  const current = navigation.currentEntry;
  console.log(current.getState());
}

Specifications

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
getState 102 102 No No 88 No 102 102 No 70 No 19.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigationHistoryEntry/getState