The read-only entryType
property returns a string representing the type of performance metric that this entry represents.
All supported entryTypes
are available using the static property PerformanceObserver.supportedEntryTypes
.
A string. The return value depends on the subtype of the PerformanceEntry
object. Some subtypes have more than one entryType
.
element
-
Reports load time of elements.
The entry instance will be a PerformanceElementTiming
object.
event
-
Reports event latencies.
The entry instance will be a PerformanceEventTiming
object.
first-input
-
Reports the first input delay (FID).
The entry instance will be a PerformanceEventTiming
object.
largest-contentful-paint
-
Reports the largest paint an element triggered on screen.
The entry instance will be a LargestContentfulPaint
object.
layout-shift
-
Reports layout stability of web pages based on movements of the elements on the page.
The entry instance will be a LayoutShift
object.
longtask
-
Reports instances of long tasks.
The entry instance will be a PerformanceLongTaskTiming
object.
mark
-
Reports your own custom performance markers.
The entry instance will be a PerformanceMark
object.
measure
-
Reports your own custom performance measures.
The entry instance will be a PerformanceMeasure
object.
navigation
-
Reports document navigation timing.
The entry instance will be a PerformanceNavigationTiming
object.
paint
-
Reports key moments of document rendering (first paint, first contentful paint) during page load.
The entry instance will be a PerformancePaintTiming
object.
resource
-
Reports timing information for resources in a document.
The entry instance will be a PerformanceResourceTiming
object.
taskattribution
-
Reports the type of work that contributed significantly to the long task.
The entry instance will be a TaskAttributionTiming
object.
visibility-state
-
Reports the timing of page visibility state changes, i.e., when a tab changes from the foreground to the background or vice versa.
The entry instance will be a VisibilityStateEntry
object.
The entryType
property can be useful when filtering out specific performance entries. For example, you might want to check all script resources, so you would check for an entryType
of "resource"
and an initiatorType
of "script"
.
const scriptResources = performance
.getEntries()
.filter(
(entry) =>
entry.entryType === "resource" && entry.initiatorType === "script",
);
console.log(scriptResources);
Both, Performance
and PerformanceObserver
, provide methods that allow you to get performance entries by type directly. You don't necessarily need the entryType
property for that, instead you might use Performance.getEntriesByType()
or PerformanceObserverEntryList.getEntriesByType()
.
Also, when observing with a PerformanceObserver
, the observe()
method takes an array of entryTypes
in its options object where you can decide which entry types to observe.
const resources = performance.getEntriesByType("resource");
resources.forEach((entry) => {
console.log(`${entry.name}'s duration: ${entry.duration}`);
});
function perfObserver(list, observer) {
list.getEntriesByType("resource").forEach((entry) => {
console.log(`${entry.name}'s duration: ${entry.duration}`);
});
}
const observer = new PerformanceObserver(perfObserver);
observer.observe({ entryTypes: ["resource", "navigation"] });