BroadcastChannel.constructor

The BroadcastChannel() constructor creates a new BroadcastChannel and connects it to the underlying channel.

Syntax

 channel = new BroadcastChannel(channel);

Values

channel

Is a DOMString representing the name of the channel; there is one single channel with this name for all browsing contexts with the same origin.

Example

// create a new channel listening to the "internal_notification" channel.

var bc = new BroadcastChannel('internal_notification');
bc.postMessage('New listening connected!');

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also

• BroadcastChannel, the interface it belongs to.