The XMLHttpRequestResponseType
type is an enumerated set of strings which are used to specify the type of data contained in the response
of an XMLHttpRequest
. These values are used when getting or setting the responseType
on the request.
Values
""
- An empty
responseType
string is treated the same as"text"
, the default type. arraybuffer
- The
response
is a JavaScriptArrayBuffer
containing binary data. blob
- The
response
is aBlob
object containing the binary data. document
- The
response
is an HTMLDocument
or XMLXMLDocument
, as appropriate based on the MIME type of the received data. See HTML in XMLHttpRequest to learn more about using XHR to fetch HTML content. json
- The
response
is a JavaScript object created by parsing the contents of received data as JSON. text
- The
response
is a text in aDOMString
object. ms-stream
'- The
response
is part of a streaming download; this response type is only allowed for download requests, and is only supported by Internet Explorer.
Deprecated values
moz-chunked-arraybuffer
'- A Firefox-only value which instructs
XMLHttpRequest
to deliverArrayBuffer
objects containing chunks of the incoming data. Accessingresponse
during aprogress
event returns the data received so far. Outside theprogress
event handler, the value ofresponse
is alwaysnull
. You shouldn't use this non-standard (and, as of Firefox 68, entirely removed) API; instead, consider using the Fetch API with readable streams, which offers a standard alternative to accessing the response in a streaming fashion.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
XMLHttpRequest | Unknown | Live standard, latest version |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in 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.
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
responseType
|
Chrome
Full support 31 |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support 6 |
IE
Full support 10 |
Opera No support 12 — 15 No support 12 — 15 Full support 18 |
Safari
Full support 7 |
WebView Android
Full support 55 |
Chrome Android
Full support 55 |
Firefox Android
Full support 50 |
Opera Android
Full support 42 |
Safari iOS
Full support 7 |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 6.0 |
arraybuffer
|
Chrome
Full support 31 |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support 6 |
IE
Full support 10 |
Opera No support 12 — 15 No support 12 — 15 Full support 18 |
Safari
Full support Yes |
WebView Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome Android
Full support Yes |
Firefox Android
Full support 50 |
Opera Android
Full support Yes |
Safari iOS
? |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support Yes |
blob
|
Chrome
Full support 31 |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support 6 |
IE
Full support 10 |
Opera
Full support 18 |
Safari
Full support Yes |
WebView Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome Android
Full support Yes |
Firefox Android
Full support 50 |
Opera Android
Full support Yes |
Safari iOS
? |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support Yes |
document
|
Chrome
Full support 31 |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support 11 |
IE
Full support 10 |
Opera
No support No |
Safari
Full support 7 |
WebView Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome Android
Full support Yes |
Firefox Android
Full support 50 |
Opera Android
Full support Yes |
Safari iOS
? |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support Yes |
json
|
Chrome
Full support 31 |
Edge
Full support 79 |
Firefox
Full support 10 |
IE
No support No |
Opera No support 12 — 15 No support 12 — 15 Full support 18 |
Safari
Full support 7 |
WebView Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome Android
Full support Yes |
Firefox Android
Full support 50 |
Opera Android
? |
Safari iOS
? |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome
No support No |
Edge
No support No |
Firefox
No support 12 — 58 |
IE
No support No |
Opera
No support No |
Safari
No support No |
WebView Android
No support No |
Chrome Android
No support No |
Firefox Android
No support No |
Opera Android
No support No |
Safari iOS
No support No |
Samsung Internet Android
No support No | |
Chrome
No support No |
Edge
No support No |
Firefox
No support 14 — 68 |
IE
No support No |
Opera
No support No |
Safari
No support No |
WebView Android
No support No |
Chrome Android
No support No |
Firefox Android
No support 50 — 68 |
Opera Android
No support No |
Safari iOS
No support No |
Samsung Internet Android
No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.'
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.'
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
See also
XMLHttpRequestResponseType by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.