Network Information API

Summary

Provides an interface for web applications to access the underlying connection information of the device.

NetworkInformation

Is exposed on the Navigator object, and all instances of the Navigator type are defined to also implement the NetworkInformation interface.

Usage

 The main use case of the Network Information API is to allow applications to be gentle with the user's bandwidth when they know it is rare or expensive.

Notes

As of 25 June 2014:

• Formal work on the Network Information spec has been stopped. The specification is now a W3C Note.
• Both Chrome and Firefox have shipped Network Information under an experimental feedback channel.

See also

Related articles

Mobile

• Battery Status API

• Mediastream Image Capture

• Media Capture and Streams

• Network Information API

• Vibration API

• capture

External resources

• Network Information API
• Network Information API - W3C Working Draft 29 November 2012
• Device APIs working group