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BackgroundFetchManager: get() method

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This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The get() method of the BackgroundFetchManager interface returns a Promise that resolves with the BackgroundFetchRegistration associated with the provided id or undefined if the id is not found.

Syntax

get(id)

Parameters

id

The ID of a BackgroundFetchRegistration defined by calling fetch().

Return value

A Promise that resolves with a BackgroundFetchRegistration or undefined.

Examples

The following examples shows how to use get() to retrieve a BackgroundFetchRegistration. With an active service worker, use the ServiceWorkerRegistration.backgroundFetch to access the BackgroundFetchManager object and call its get() method.

navigator.serviceWorker.ready.then(async (swReg) => {
  const bgFetch = await swReg.backgroundFetch.get("my-fetch");
});
// my code block

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
get 74 79 No 62 No 74 No 53 No 11.0 No No

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