AbortController: abort() method

Available in workers

The abort() method of the AbortController interface aborts an asynchronous operation before it has completed. This is able to abort fetch requests, the consumption of any response bodies, or streams.

Syntax

abort()
abort(reason)

Parameters

• reason Optional
  • : The reason why the operation was aborted, which can be any JavaScript value. If not specified, the reason is set to “AbortError” DOMException.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

See the AbortSignal page for usage examples.

You can find a full working example on GitHub; you can also see it running live.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Fetch API