---
title: AbortController.abort()
slug: Web/API/AbortController/abort
translation_of: Web/API/AbortController/abort
original_slug: Web/API/FetchController/abort
---
<div>{{APIRef("DOM")}}{{SeeCompatTable}}</div>

<p>The <strong><code>abort()</code></strong> method of the {{domxref("AbortController")}} interface aborts a DOM request (e.g. a Fetch request) before it has completed. This is able to abort <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/fetch">fetch requests</a>, consumption of any response {{domxref("Body")}}, and streams.</p>

<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<pre class="brush: js">controller.abort();</pre>

<h3 id="Parameters">Parameters</h3>

<p>None.</p>

<h3 id="Return_value">Return value</h3>

<p>Void.</p>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<p>In the following snippet, we aim to download a video using the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API">Fetch API</a>.</p>

<p>We first create a controller using the {{domxref("AbortController.AbortController","AbortController()")}} constructor, then grab a reference to its associated {{domxref("AbortSignal")}} object using the {{domxref("AbortController.signal")}} property.</p>

<p>When the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/fetch">fetch request</a> is initiated, we pass in the <code>AbortSignal</code> as an option inside the request's options object (see <code>{signal}</code>, below). This associates the signal and controller with the fetch request and allows us to abort it by calling {{domxref("AbortController.abort()")}}, as seen below in the second event listener.</p>

<pre class="brush: js">var controller = new AbortController();
var signal = controller.signal;

var downloadBtn = document.querySelector('.download');
var abortBtn = document.querySelector('.abort');

downloadBtn.addEventListener('click', fetchVideo);

abortBtn.addEventListener('click', function() {
  controller.abort();
  console.log('Download aborted');
});

function fetchVideo() {
  ...
  fetch(url, {signal}).then(function(response) {
    ...
  }).catch(function(e) {
    reports.textContent = 'Download error: ' + e.message;
  })
}</pre>

<div class="note">
<p><strong>Note</strong>: When <code>abort()</code> is called, the <code>fetch()</code> promise rejects with an <code>AbortError</code>.</p>
</div>

<p>You can find a full working example on GitHub — see <a href="https://github.com/mdn/dom-examples/tree/master/abort-api">abort-api</a> (<a href="https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/abort-api/">see it running live also</a>).</p>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM WHATWG', '#dom-abortcontroller-abort', 'abort()')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>



<p>{{Compat("api.AbortController.abort")}}</p>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API">Fetch API</a></li>
</ul>