lts/doc/api/globals.json
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"source": "doc/api/globals.md",
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"globals": [
{
"textRaw": "Class: `Buffer`",
"type": "global",
"name": "Buffer",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.1.103"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function\" class=\"type\"><Function></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Used to handle binary data. See the <a href=\"buffer.html\">buffer section</a>.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`clearImmediate(immediateObject)`",
"type": "global",
"name": "clearImmediate",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.9.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_clearimmediate_immediate\"><code>clearImmediate</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`clearInterval(intervalObject)`",
"type": "global",
"name": "clearInterval",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.0.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_clearinterval_timeout\"><code>clearInterval</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`clearTimeout(timeoutObject)`",
"type": "global",
"name": "clearTimeout",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.0.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_cleartimeout_timeout\"><code>clearTimeout</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`console`",
"name": "`console`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.1.100"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object\" class=\"type\"><Object></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Used to print to stdout and stderr. See the <a href=\"console.html\"><code>console</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`global`",
"name": "`global`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.1.27"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object\" class=\"type\"><Object></a> The global namespace object.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>In browsers, the top-level scope is the global scope. This means that\nwithin the browser <code>var something</code> will define a new global variable. In\nNode.js this is different. The top-level scope is not the global scope;\n<code>var something</code> inside a Node.js module will be local to that module.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`process`",
"name": "`process`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.1.7"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object\" class=\"type\"><Object></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The process object. See the <a href=\"process.html#process_process\"><code>process</code> object</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`queueMicrotask(callback)`",
"type": "global",
"name": "queueMicrotask",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v11.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><code>callback</code> <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function\" class=\"type\"><Function></a> Function to be queued.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The <code>queueMicrotask()</code> method queues a microtask to invoke <code>callback</code>. If\n<code>callback</code> throws an exception, the <a href=\"process.html#process_process\"><code>process</code> object</a> <code>'uncaughtException'</code>\nevent will be emitted.</p>\n<p>The microtask queue is managed by V8 and may be used in a similar manner to\nthe <a href=\"process.html#process_process_nexttick_callback_args\"><code>process.nextTick()</code></a> queue, which is managed by Node.js. The\n<code>process.nextTick()</code> queue is always processed before the microtask queue\nwithin each turn of the Node.js event loop.</p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-js\">// Here, `queueMicrotask()` is used to ensure the 'load' event is always\n// emitted asynchronously, and therefore consistently. Using\n// `process.nextTick()` here would result in the 'load' event always emitting\n// before any other promise jobs.\n\nDataHandler.prototype.load = async function load(key) {\n const hit = this._cache.get(url);\n if (hit !== undefined) {\n queueMicrotask(() => {\n this.emit('load', hit);\n });\n return;\n }\n\n const data = await fetchData(key);\n this._cache.set(url, data);\n this.emit('load', data);\n};\n</code></pre>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`setImmediate(callback[, ...args])`",
"type": "global",
"name": "setImmediate",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.9.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_setimmediate_callback_args\"><code>setImmediate</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`setInterval(callback, delay[, ...args])`",
"type": "global",
"name": "setInterval",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.0.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_setinterval_callback_delay_args\"><code>setInterval</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`setTimeout(callback, delay[, ...args])`",
"type": "global",
"name": "setTimeout",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.0.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_settimeout_callback_delay_args\"><code>setTimeout</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`TextDecoder`",
"name": "`TextDecoder`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v11.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<p>The WHATWG <code>TextDecoder</code> class. See the <a href=\"util.html#util_class_util_textdecoder\"><code>TextDecoder</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`TextEncoder`",
"name": "`TextEncoder`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v11.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<p>The WHATWG <code>TextEncoder</code> class. See the <a href=\"util.html#util_class_util_textencoder\"><code>TextEncoder</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`URL`",
"name": "`URL`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v10.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<p>The WHATWG <code>URL</code> class. See the <a href=\"url.html#url_class_url\"><code>URL</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`URLSearchParams`",
"name": "`URLSearchParams`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v10.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<p>The WHATWG <code>URLSearchParams</code> class. See the <a href=\"url.html#url_class_urlsearchparams\"><code>URLSearchParams</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`WebAssembly`",
"name": "`WebAssembly`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v8.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object\" class=\"type\"><Object></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The object that acts as the namespace for all W3C\n<a href=\"https://webassembly.org\">WebAssembly</a> related functionality. See the\n<a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly\">Mozilla Developer Network</a> for usage and compatibility.</p>"
}
],
"methods": [
{
"textRaw": "`require()`",
"type": "method",
"name": "require",
"signatures": [
{
"params": []
}
],
"desc": "<p>This variable may appear to be global but is not. See <a href=\"modules.html#modules_require_id\"><code>require()</code></a>.</p>"
}
],
"miscs": [
{
"textRaw": "Global objects",
"name": "Global objects",
"introduced_in": "v0.10.0",
"type": "misc",
"desc": "<p>These objects are available in all modules. The following variables may appear\nto be global but are not. They exist only in the scope of modules, see the\n<a href=\"modules.html\">module system documentation</a>:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"modules.html#modules_dirname\"><code>__dirname</code></a></li>\n<li><a href=\"modules.html#modules_filename\"><code>__filename</code></a></li>\n<li><a href=\"modules.html#modules_exports\"><code>exports</code></a></li>\n<li><a href=\"modules.html#modules_module\"><code>module</code></a></li>\n<li><a href=\"modules.html#modules_require_id\"><code>require()</code></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The objects listed here are specific to Node.js. There are <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects\">built-in objects</a>\nthat are part of the JavaScript language itself, which are also globally\naccessible.</p>",
"globals": [
{
"textRaw": "Class: `Buffer`",
"type": "global",
"name": "Buffer",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.1.103"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function\" class=\"type\"><Function></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Used to handle binary data. See the <a href=\"buffer.html\">buffer section</a>.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`clearImmediate(immediateObject)`",
"type": "global",
"name": "clearImmediate",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.9.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_clearimmediate_immediate\"><code>clearImmediate</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`clearInterval(intervalObject)`",
"type": "global",
"name": "clearInterval",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.0.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_clearinterval_timeout\"><code>clearInterval</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`clearTimeout(timeoutObject)`",
"type": "global",
"name": "clearTimeout",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.0.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_cleartimeout_timeout\"><code>clearTimeout</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`console`",
"name": "`console`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.1.100"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object\" class=\"type\"><Object></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Used to print to stdout and stderr. See the <a href=\"console.html\"><code>console</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`global`",
"name": "`global`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.1.27"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object\" class=\"type\"><Object></a> The global namespace object.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>In browsers, the top-level scope is the global scope. This means that\nwithin the browser <code>var something</code> will define a new global variable. In\nNode.js this is different. The top-level scope is not the global scope;\n<code>var something</code> inside a Node.js module will be local to that module.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`process`",
"name": "`process`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.1.7"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object\" class=\"type\"><Object></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The process object. See the <a href=\"process.html#process_process\"><code>process</code> object</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`queueMicrotask(callback)`",
"type": "global",
"name": "queueMicrotask",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v11.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><code>callback</code> <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function\" class=\"type\"><Function></a> Function to be queued.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The <code>queueMicrotask()</code> method queues a microtask to invoke <code>callback</code>. If\n<code>callback</code> throws an exception, the <a href=\"process.html#process_process\"><code>process</code> object</a> <code>'uncaughtException'</code>\nevent will be emitted.</p>\n<p>The microtask queue is managed by V8 and may be used in a similar manner to\nthe <a href=\"process.html#process_process_nexttick_callback_args\"><code>process.nextTick()</code></a> queue, which is managed by Node.js. The\n<code>process.nextTick()</code> queue is always processed before the microtask queue\nwithin each turn of the Node.js event loop.</p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-js\">// Here, `queueMicrotask()` is used to ensure the 'load' event is always\n// emitted asynchronously, and therefore consistently. Using\n// `process.nextTick()` here would result in the 'load' event always emitting\n// before any other promise jobs.\n\nDataHandler.prototype.load = async function load(key) {\n const hit = this._cache.get(url);\n if (hit !== undefined) {\n queueMicrotask(() => {\n this.emit('load', hit);\n });\n return;\n }\n\n const data = await fetchData(key);\n this._cache.set(url, data);\n this.emit('load', data);\n};\n</code></pre>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`setImmediate(callback[, ...args])`",
"type": "global",
"name": "setImmediate",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.9.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_setimmediate_callback_args\"><code>setImmediate</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`setInterval(callback, delay[, ...args])`",
"type": "global",
"name": "setInterval",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.0.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_setinterval_callback_delay_args\"><code>setInterval</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`setTimeout(callback, delay[, ...args])`",
"type": "global",
"name": "setTimeout",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v0.0.1"
],
"changes": []
},
"desc": "<p><a href=\"timers.html#timers_settimeout_callback_delay_args\"><code>setTimeout</code></a> is described in the <a href=\"timers.html\">timers</a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`TextDecoder`",
"name": "`TextDecoder`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v11.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<p>The WHATWG <code>TextDecoder</code> class. See the <a href=\"util.html#util_class_util_textdecoder\"><code>TextDecoder</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`TextEncoder`",
"name": "`TextEncoder`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v11.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<p>The WHATWG <code>TextEncoder</code> class. See the <a href=\"util.html#util_class_util_textencoder\"><code>TextEncoder</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`URL`",
"name": "`URL`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v10.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<p>The WHATWG <code>URL</code> class. See the <a href=\"url.html#url_class_url\"><code>URL</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`URLSearchParams`",
"name": "`URLSearchParams`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v10.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<p>The WHATWG <code>URLSearchParams</code> class. See the <a href=\"url.html#url_class_urlsearchparams\"><code>URLSearchParams</code></a> section.</p>"
},
{
"textRaw": "`WebAssembly`",
"name": "`WebAssembly`",
"meta": {
"added": [
"v8.0.0"
],
"changes": []
},
"type": "global",
"desc": "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object\" class=\"type\"><Object></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The object that acts as the namespace for all W3C\n<a href=\"https://webassembly.org\">WebAssembly</a> related functionality. See the\n<a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly\">Mozilla Developer Network</a> for usage and compatibility.</p>"
}
],
"miscs": [
{
"textRaw": "`__dirname`",
"name": "`__dirname`",
"desc": "<p>This variable may appear to be global but is not. See <a href=\"modules.html#modules_dirname\"><code>__dirname</code></a>.</p>",
"type": "misc",
"displayName": "`__dirname`"
},
{
"textRaw": "`__filename`",
"name": "`__filename`",
"desc": "<p>This variable may appear to be global but is not. See <a href=\"modules.html#modules_filename\"><code>__filename</code></a>.</p>",
"type": "misc",
"displayName": "`__filename`"
},
{
"textRaw": "`exports`",
"name": "`exports`",
"desc": "<p>This variable may appear to be global but is not. See <a href=\"modules.html#modules_exports\"><code>exports</code></a>.</p>",
"type": "misc",
"displayName": "`exports`"
},
{
"textRaw": "`module`",
"name": "`module`",
"desc": "<p>This variable may appear to be global but is not. See <a href=\"modules.html#modules_module\"><code>module</code></a>.</p>",
"type": "misc",
"displayName": "`module`"
}
],
"methods": [
{
"textRaw": "`require()`",
"type": "method",
"name": "require",
"signatures": [
{
"params": []
}
],
"desc": "<p>This variable may appear to be global but is not. See <a href=\"modules.html#modules_require_id\"><code>require()</code></a>.</p>"
}
]
}
]
}