Allows web apps to establish direct transmission control protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP) communications with network devices and systems.
Motivation
Many network devices use their own protocols over TCP or UDP, instead of using HTTPS. Like WebUSB, WebMIDI and WebBluetooth, this API allows web apps to communicate with local devices and information systems.
Documentation
Specification
Status in Chromium
In development (tracking bug)
Consensus & Standardization
After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.
- Harmful
- No signal
- No signal
- Positive
Owner
Search tags
networking, TCP, UDP, sockets,Last updated on 2021-04-06