CloseEvent.constructor

The CloseEvent() constructor creates a new CloseEvent.

Syntax

 event = new CloseEvent(typeArg, closeEventInit);

Values

typeArg

Is a DOMString representing the name of the event.

closeEventInitOptional

Is a CloseEventInit dictionary, having the following fields:

• "wasClean", optional and defaulting to false, of type long, indicates if the connection has been closed cleanly or not.
• "code", optional and defaulting to 0, of type unsigned short, that is the connection close code sent by the server.
• "reason", optional and defaulting to '', of type DOMString, that is a human-readable reason why the server closed the connection.

The CloseEventInit dictionary also accepts fields from the EventInit dictionary.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'CloseEvent()' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• CloseEvent, the interface of the objects it constructs.