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WebAPI lets you use Web APIs not present in Node v16 and later.
npm install @astrojs/webapi
import { polyfill } from '@astrojs/webapi'
polyfill(globalThis)
const t = new EventTarget()
const e = new CustomEvent('hello')
t.addEventListener('hello', console.log)
t.dispatchEvent(e) // logs `e` event from `t`
These APIs are combined from popular open source projects and configured to share implementation details. This allows their behavior to match browser expectations as well as reduce their combined memory footprint.
You can use WebAPIs as individual exports.
import { Event, EventTarget, File, fetch, Response } from '@astrojs/webapi'
You can apply WebAPIs to an object, like globalThis.
import { polyfill } from '@astrojs/webapi'
polyfill(globalThis)
The exclude option receives a list of WebAPIs to exclude from polyfilling.
polyfill(globalThis, {
// disables polyfills for setTimeout clearTimeout
exclude: 'setTimeout clearTimeout',
})
The exclude option accepts shorthands to exclude multiple polyfills. These shorthands end with the plus sign (+).
polyfill(globalThis, {
// disables polyfills for setTimeout clearTimeout
exclude: 'Timeout+',
})
polyfill(globalThis, {
// disables polyfills for Node, Window, Document, HTMLElement, etc.
exclude: 'Node+',
})
polyfill(globalThis, {
// disables polyfills for Event, EventTarget, Node, Window, Document, HTMLElement, etc.
exclude: 'Event+',
})
| Shorthand | Excludes |
|---|---|
Document+ | Document, HTMLDocument |
Element+ | Element, and exclusions from HTMLElement+ |
Event+ | Event, CustomEvent, EventTarget, MediaQueryList, Window, and exclusions from Node+ |
EventTarget+ | Event, CustomEvent, EventTarget, MediaQueryList, Window, and exclusions from Node+ |
HTMLElement+ | CustomElementsRegistry, HTMLElement, HTMLBodyElement, HTMLCanvasElement, HTMLDivElement, HTMLHeadElement, HTMLHtmlElement, HTMLImageElement, HTMLStyleElement, HTMLTemplateElement, HTMLUnknownElement, Image |
Node+ | Node, DocumentFragment, ShadowRoot, Document, HTMLDocument, and exclusions from Element+ |
StyleSheet+ | StyleSheet, CSSStyleSheet |
Thank you to Jon Neal for his work on the original webapi project that this package is forked from. Licensed under the CC0-1.0 License.
Code from event-target-shim is licensed under the MIT License (MIT), Copyright Toru Nagashima.
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We found that @astrojs/webapi demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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