Navigator: serial property

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The serial read-only property of the {{domxref("Navigator")}} interface returns a {{domxref("Serial")}} object which represents the entry point into the Web Serial API.

When getting, the same instance of the {{domxref("Serial")}} object will always be returned.

Value

A {{domxref("Serial")}} object.

Examples

The following example uses the getPorts() method to initialize a list of available ports.

navigator.serial.getPorts().then((ports) => {
  // Initialize the list of available ports with `ports` on page load.
});

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Read from and write to a serial port
• Getting started with the web serial API