Navigator: serial property
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
The serial read-only property of the Navigator interface returns a Serial object which represents the entry point into the Web Serial API.
When getting, the same instance of the Serial object will always be returned.
Value
A Serial object.
Examples
The following example uses the getPorts() method to initialize a list of available ports.
js
navigator.serial.getPorts().then((ports) => {
// Initialize the list of available ports with `ports` on page load.
});
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Web Serial API # extensions-to-the-navigator-interface |
Browser compatibility
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