http.headers.Range - document when it's supported for blob URLs
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Description
What type of issue is this?
Missing compatibility data
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
See https://github.com/mdn/content/issues/24625. This is supported in FF 118; it works in the latest versions of Chrome/Safari, but not sure since when.
What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?
No response
What did you expect to see?
A new subfeature about using it with blob:
Did you test this? If so, how?
const blob = new Blob(["Hello, world!"], { type: "text/plain" });
const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
fetch(url, {
headers: {
Range: "bytes=7-11",
},
})
.then((response) => response.text())
.then((text) => console.log(text)); // "world"
Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?
Implementation bugs linked in https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/pull/1520
Do you have anything more you want to share?
No response
MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Range
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http.headers.Range - Report started: 2025-09-10T19:25:55.630Z
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the MDN Range header page and the linked WHATWG Fetch pull request. Verify browser support for Range requests on blob URLs, then add the requested blob: subfeature to the compatibility data and confirm the browser version entries are accurate.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- documentation, web-dev
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100