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Summarizer: format property

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The format read-only property of the Summarizer interface returns the text format summaries will be returned in.

Value

An enumerated value specifying the format of returned summaries. Possible values are:

markdown

Summaries contain markdown formatting (conforming to the CommonMark spec).

plain-text

Summaries contain no formatting.

Examples

const summarizer = await Summarizer.create({
  format: "plain-text",
  // ...
});

// Logs "plain-text"
console.log(summarizer.format);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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format
138Availability may be subject to geographical restrictions.
138 No
122Availability may be subject to geographical restrictions.
No No No No No No No No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Summarizer/format