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MessageEvent: origin property

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Available in workers

The origin read-only property of the MessageEvent interface is a string representing the origin of the message emitter.

Value

A string representing the origin.

Examples

myWorker.onmessage = (e) => {
  result.textContent = e.data;
  console.log("Message received from worker");
  console.log(e.origin);
};

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also

  • ExtendableMessageEvent — similar to this interface but used in interfaces that needs to give more flexibility to authors.