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CloseEvent: reason property

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Available in workers

The reason read-only property of the CloseEvent interface returns the WebSocket connection close reason the server gave for closing the connection; that is, a concise human-readable prose explanation for the closure.

Value

A string.

Examples

The following example prints the value of reason to the console.

WebSocket.onclose = (event) => {
  console.log(event.reason);
};

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also

  • RFC 6455 (the WebSocket Protocol specification)