Fetch API: Response construction with ReadableStream
Developers can now construct their own ReadableStream instances, and use one as a body for constructing a Response object. It enables streaming composed body data from a ServiceWorker to a page controlled by it.
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Status in Chromium
Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:
- Chrome for desktop release 52
- Chrome for Android release 52
- Android WebView release 52
- Opera release 39
- Opera for Android release 39
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Last updated on 2017-07-25
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Since M43, readable streams can be obtained (only) from the body attribute of the Response. Developers can now construct their own ReadableStream instances (http://crbug.com/503491), and use one for constructing a Response and serve it from a ServiceWorker. This feature had been available behind a flag since M49. A *Request* cannot yet be constructed with a ReadableStream as a body (for streaming uploads).