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ReadableStreamDefaultController: error() method

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Available in workers

The error() method of the ReadableStreamDefaultController interface causes any future interactions with the associated stream to error.

[!NOTE] The error() method can be called more than once, and can be called when the stream is not readable.

Syntax

error(e)

Parameters

  • e
    • : The error you want future interactions to fail with.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

  • TypeError
    • : Thrown if the source object is not a ReadableStreamDefaultController.

Examples

The A readable stream with an underlying push source and backpressure support example in the spec provides a good example of using desiredSize to manually detect when the stream is full and apply backpressure, and also of using error() to manually trigger a stream error if another part of the system it relies on fails.

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also