SharedWorkerGlobalScope: name property

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

The name read-only property of the {{domxref("SharedWorkerGlobalScope")}} interface returns the name that the {{domxref("SharedWorker")}} was (optionally) given when it was created. This is the name that the {{domxref("SharedWorker.SharedWorker", "SharedWorker()")}} constructor can pass to get a reference to the {{domxref("SharedWorkerGlobalScope")}}.

Value

A string.

Examples

If a shared worker is created using a constructor with a name option:

const myWorker = new SharedWorker("worker.js", { name: "mySharedWorker" });

the {{domxref("SharedWorkerGlobalScope")}} will now have a name of "mySharedWorker", returnable by running

self.name;

from inside the shared worker.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("SharedWorkerGlobalScope")}}