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WindowClient: navigate() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨September 2022⁩.

Note: This feature is only available in Service Workers.

The navigate() method of the WindowClient interface loads a specified URL into a controlled client page then returns a Promise that resolves to the existing WindowClient.

Syntax

navigate(url)

Parameters

url: The location to navigate to.

Return value

A Promise that resolves to the existing WindowClient if the URL is from the same origin as the service worker, or null otherwise.

Specifications

Specification
Service Workers> # client-navigate>

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
`navigate`	49	17	50	36	16 11.1–16 This method exists, but always throws `NotSupportedError`.	49	50	36	16 11.3–16 This method exists, but always throws `NotSupportedError`.	4.0	42	No

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowClient/navigate