URL: createObjectURL() static method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

See full compatibility

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers, except for Service Workers.

The createObjectURL() static method of the URL interface creates a string containing a blob URL pointing to the object given in the parameter.

For more information, see blob URLs.

To release an object URL, call revokeObjectURL().

Note: This feature is not available in Service Workers due to its potential to create memory leaks.

Syntax

URL.createObjectURL(object)

Parameters

object: A Blob (such as a File) or MediaSource object to create an object URL for.

Return value

A string containing an object URL that can be used to reference the contents of the specified source object.

Examples

See Using object URLs to display images.

Specifications

Specification
File API # dfn-createObjectURL

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile							server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Bun	Deno	Node.js
`createObjectURL()` static method	Chrome – Full support Chrome 19 (Release date: 2012-05-15) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 19 (Release date: 2013-02-19) footnote footnote `createObjectURL()` is no longer available within the context of a `ServiceWorker`.	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 25 (Release date: 2013-02-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 19 (Release date: 2013-02-19) footnote footnote `createObjectURL()` is no longer available within the context of a `ServiceWorker`.	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1.5 (Release date: 2013-09-25) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support	Bun – Full support Bun 1 (Release date: 2023-09-08) footnote Full support	Deno – Full support Deno 1.9 (Release date: 2021-04-13) footnote Full support	Node.js – Full support Node.js 16.7 (Release date: 2021-08-17) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support
: See implementation notes.