The WorkerNavigator interface represents a subset of the Navigator interface allowed to be accessed from a Worker. Such an object is initialized for each worker and is available via the WorkerGlobalScope.navigator property obtained by calling window.self.navigator.
Properties
The WorkerNavigator interface implements properties from the NavigatorID, NavigatorLanguage, NavigatorOnLine, NavigatorDataStore, and NavigatorConcurrentHardware interfaces.
WorkerNavigator.connectionRead only- Provides a
NetworkInformationobject containing information about the network connection of a device. WorkerNavigator.locks' Read only- Returns a
LockManagerobject which provides methods for requesting a newLockobject and querying for an existingLockobject. WorkerNavigator.permissions' Read only- Returns a
Permissionsobject that can be used to query and update permission status of APIs covered by the Permissions API. Navigator.storageRead only '- Returns a
StorageManagerinterface for managing persistance permissions and estimating available storage.
Inherited properties
NavigatorID.appCodeName' Read only- Always returns
'Mozilla', in any browser. This property is kept only for compatibility purposes. NavigatorID.appName' Read only- Returns the official name of the browser. Do not rely on this property to return the correct value.
NavigatorID.appVersion' Read only- Returns the version of the browser as a string. Do not rely on this property to return the correct value.
NavigatorConcurrentHardware.hardwareConcurrencyRead only- Returns the number of logical processor cores available.
NavigatorLanguage.languageRead only- Returns a
DOMStringrepresenting the language version of the browser. Thenullvalue is returned when this is unknown. NavigatorLanguage.languagesRead only- Returns an array of
DOMStrings representing the languages known to the user, in order of preference. NavigatorOnLine.onLineRead only- Returns a
Booleanindicating whether the browser is online. NavigatorID.platform' Read only- Returns a string representing the platform of the browser. Do not rely on this property to return the correct value.
NavigatorID.product' Read only- Always returns
'Gecko', on any browser. This property is kept only for compatibility purposes. NavigatorID.userAgentRead only- Returns the user agent string for the current browser.
Methods
The WorkerNavigator interface implements methods from the NavigatorID, NavigatorLanguage and NavigatorOnLine interfaces.
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'WorkerNavigator' in that specification. | Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
See also
- Other Worker-related interfaces:
Worker,WorkerLocation, andWorkerGlobalScope. - Using web workers.
WorkerNavigator by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.
