AudioNode: context property

{{APIRef("Web Audio API")}}

The read-only context property of the {{domxref("AudioNode")}} interface returns the associated {{domxref("BaseAudioContext")}}, that is the object representing the processing graph the node is participating in.

Value

The {{domxref("AudioContext")}} or {{domxref("OfflineAudioContext")}} object that was used to construct this AudioNode.

Examples

const audioCtx = new AudioContext();

const oscillator = audioCtx.createOscillator();
const gainNode = audioCtx.createGain();
oscillator.connect(gainNode).connect(audioCtx.destination);

console.log(oscillator.context); // AudioContext
console.log(oscillator.context === audioCtx); // true

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Using the Web Audio API