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BarcodeDetector: getSupportedFormats() static method

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The getSupportedFormats() static method of the BarcodeDetector interface returns a Promise which fulfills with an Array of supported barcode format types.

Syntax

js

BarcodeDetector.getSupportedFormats()

Parameters

This method receives no parameters.

Return value

A Promise which fulfills with an Array of supported barcode format types.

Exceptions

No exceptions are thrown.

Examples

The following example calls the getSupportFormat() static method and logs the results to the console.

js

// check supported types
BarcodeDetector.getSupportedFormats().then((supportedFormats) => {
  supportedFormats.forEach((format) => console.log(format));
});

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
getSupportedFormats_static
88Supported on Chrome OS and macOS only.
83–88Supported on macOS only.
83Supported on macOS only.
No No
69Supported on macOS only.
No 83 83 No 59 No 13.0

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