BarcodeDetector: getSupportedFormats() static method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The getSupportedFormats() static method of the BarcodeDetector interface returns a Promise which fulfills with an Array of supported barcode format types.

Syntax

js
BarcodeDetector.getSupportedFormats()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise which fulfills with an Array of supported barcode format types.

Exceptions

No exceptions are thrown.

Examples

The following example calls the getSupportFormat() static method and logs the results to the console.

js
// check supported types
BarcodeDetector.getSupportedFormats().then((supportedFormats) => {
  supportedFormats.forEach((format) => console.log(format));
});

Specifications

Specification
Accelerated Shape Detection in Images
# dom-barcodedetector-getsupportedformats

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
getSupportedFormats() static method
Experimental
Chrome – Partial support
Chrome 83 – 87 (Release date: 2020-05-19)
footnote Partial support
footnote Supported on macOS only.
Chrome – Partial support
Chrome 88 (Release date: 2021-01-19)
footnote Partial support
footnote Supported on ChromeOS and macOS only.
Edge – Partial support
Edge 83 (Release date: 2020-05-21)
footnote Partial support
footnote Supported on macOS only.
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 1553738
Opera – Partial support
Opera 69 (Release date: 2020-06-24)
footnote Partial support
footnote Supported on macOS only.
Safari – No support
Safari 17 (Release date: 2023-09-18)
disabled
disabled From version 17 users must explicitly set the Shape Detection API preference to true.
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 83 (Release date: 2020-05-19)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 1553738
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 59 (Release date: 2020-06-30)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS 17 (Release date: 2023-09-18)
disabled
disabled From version 17 users must explicitly set the Shape Detection API preference to true.
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 13 (Release date: 2020-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 83 (Release date: 2020-05-19)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.
User must explicitly enable this feature.
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