Web/API/Body/bodyUsed

The bodyUsed read-only property of the Body mixin contains a Boolean that indicates whether the body has been read yet.

Syntax

var myBodyUsed = response.bodyUsed;

Value

A Boolean.

Example

In our fetch request example (run [[../../../../../../../mdn.github.io/fetch-examples/fetch-request/index|fetch request live]]), we create a new request using the Request() constructor, then use it to fetch a JPG. When the fetch is successful, we read a Blob out of the response using blob(), put it into an object URL using URL.createObjectURL, and then set that URL as the source of an <img> element to display the image.

Notice that we log response.bodyUsed to the console once before the response.blob() call and once after. This returns false before and true afterwards, as at that point the body has been read.

HTML Content

<img class="my-image" src="https://wikipedia.org/static/images/project-logos/frwiki-1.5x.png">

JS Content

var myImage = document.querySelector('.my-image');
fetch('https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Delete_key1.jpg').then(function(response) {
    console.log(response.bodyUsed);
    var res = response.blob();
    console.log(response.bodyUsed);
    return res;
}).then(function(response) {
    var objectURL = URL.createObjectURL(response);
    myImage.src = objectURL;
});

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
FetchThe definition of 'bodyUsed' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`bodyUsed` Experimental'	Chrome Full support 42 Full support 42 Full support 41 Disabled' Disabled' From version 41: this feature is behind the `Experimental Web Platform Features` preference. To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support 39 Full support 39 Full support 34 Disabled' Disabled' From version 34: this feature is behind the `dom.fetch.enabled` preference. To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 29 Full support 29 Full support 28 Disabled' Disabled' From version 28: this feature is behind the `Experimental Web Platform Features` preference.	Safari Full support 10.1	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 29 Full support 29 Full support 28 Disabled' Disabled' From version 28: this feature is behind the `Experimental Web Platform Features` preference.	Safari iOS Full support 10.3	Samsung Internet Android No support No

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.': Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
User must explicitly enable this feature.': User must explicitly enable this feature.