BackgroundFetchManager: getIds() method

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.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The getIds() method of the BackgroundFetchManager interface returns the IDs of all registered background fetches.

Syntax

js
getIds()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that resolves with an Array of strings.

Exceptions

None.

Examples

The following examples shows how to retrieve the IDs of all registered background fetches. With an active service worker, use the ServiceWorkerRegistration.backgroundFetch property to access the BackgroundFetchManager object and call its getIds() method.

js
navigator.serviceWorker.ready.then(async (swReg) => {
  const ids = await swReg.backgroundFetch.getIds();
});

Specifications

Specification
Background Fetch
# background-fetch-manager-get-ids

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
getIds
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 74 (Release date: 2019-04-23)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 62 (Release date: 2019-06-27)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 74 (Release date: 2019-04-24)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 53 (Release date: 2019-07-11)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 11 (Release date: 2019-12-05)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.