ExtendableMessageEvent.ports

The ports read-only property of the ExtendableMessageEvent interface returns the array containing the MessagePort objects representing the ports of the associated message channel (the channel the message is being sent through.)

Syntax

var myPorts = ExtendableMessageEventInstance.ports;

Value

An array of MessagePort objects.

Examples

When the following code is used inside a service worker to respond to a push messages by sending the data received via PushMessageData to the main context via a channel message, the event object of onmessage will be a ExtendableMessageEvent.

var port;

self.addEventListener('push', function(e) {
  var obj = e.data.json();

  if(obj.action === 'subscribe' || obj.action === 'unsubscribe') {
    port.postMessage(obj);
  } else if(obj.action === 'init' || obj.action === 'chatMsg') {
    port.postMessage(obj);
  }
});

self.onmessage = function(e) {
  port = e.ports[0];
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Service Workers The definition of 'ExtendableMessageEvent.ports' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

[1] Service workers (and Push) have been disabled in the Firefox 45 Extended Support Release (ESR.)

See also

• Using Service Workers
• Service workers basic code example
• Is ServiceWorker ready?
• Channel Messaging