Reflect.get()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2016.

The Reflect.get() static method is like the property accessor syntax, but as a function.

Try it

const object = {
  x: 1,
  y: 2,
};

console.log(Reflect.get(object, "x"));
// Expected output: 1

const array = ["zero", "one"];

console.log(Reflect.get(array, 1));
// Expected output: "one"

Syntax

js
Reflect.get(target, propertyKey)
Reflect.get(target, propertyKey, receiver)

Parameters

target

The target object on which to get the property.

propertyKey

The name of the property to get.

receiver Optional

The value of this provided for the call to target if a getter is encountered. Defaults to target.

Return value

The value of the property.

Exceptions

TypeError

Thrown if target is not an object.

Description

Reflect.get() provides the reflective semantic of a property access. That is, Reflect.get(target, propertyKey, receiver) is semantically equivalent to:

js
target[propertyKey];

Note that in a normal property access, target and receiver would observably be the same object.

Reflect.get() invokes the [[Get]] object internal method of target.

Examples

Using Reflect.get()

js
// Object
const obj1 = { x: 1, y: 2 };
Reflect.get(obj1, "x"); // 1

// Array
Reflect.get(["zero", "one"], 1); // "one"

// Proxy with a get handler
const obj2 = new Proxy(
  { p: 1 },
  {
    get(t, k, r) {
      return `${k}bar`;
    },
  },
);
Reflect.get(obj2, "foo"); // "foobar"

// Proxy with get handler and receiver
const obj3 = new Proxy(
  { p: 1, foo: 2 },
  {
    get(t, prop, receiver) {
      return `${receiver[prop]}bar`;
    },
  },
);
Reflect.get(obj3, "foo", { foo: 3 }); // "3bar"

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2027 Language Specification
# sec-reflect.get

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
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Chrome – Full support
Chrome 49 (Release date: 2016-03-02)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 36 (Release date: 2016-03-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10 (Release date: 2016-09-20)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 49 (Release date: 2016-03-09)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 36 (Release date: 2016-03-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10 (Release date: 2016-09-13)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 49 (Release date: 2016-03-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10 (Release date: 2016-09-13)
footnote Full support
Bun – Full support
Bun 1 (Release date: 2023-09-08)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1 (Release date: 2020-05-13)
footnote Full support
Node.js – Full support
Node.js 6 (Release date: 2016-04-26)
footnote Full support

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