The navigator.share method of the Web Share API invokes the native sharing mechanism of the device to share data such as text, URLs, or files. The available share targets depend on the device, but might include the clipboard, contacts and email applications, websites, Bluetooth, etc.

The method resolves a Promise with undefined. On Windows this happens when the share popup is launched, while on Android the promise resolves once the data has successfully been passed to the share target.

Shareable file types

The following is a list of usually shareable file types. However, you should always test with navigator.canShare() if sharing would succeed.

• Application
  • .pdf - application/pdf
• Audio
  • .flac - audio/flac
  • .m4a - audio/x-m4a
  • .mp3 - audio/mpeg (also accepts audio/mp3)
  • .oga - audio/ogg
  • .ogg - audio/ogg
  • .opus - audio/ogg
  • .wav - audio/wav
  • .weba - audio/webm
• Image
  • .avif - image/avif
  • .bmp - image/bmp
  • .gif - image/gif
  • .ico - image/x-icon
  • .jfif - image/jpeg
  • .jpeg - image/jpeg
  • .jpg - image/jpeg
  • .pjp - image/jpeg
  • .pjpeg - image/jpeg
  • .png - image/png
  • .svg - image/svg+xml
  • .svgz - image/svg+xml
  • .tif - image/tiff
  • .tiff - image/tiff
  • .webp - image/webp
  • .xbm - image/x-xbitmap
• Text
  • .css - text/css
  • .csv - text/csv
  • .ehtml - text/html
  • .htm - text/html
  • .html - text/html
  • .shtm - text/html
  • .shtml - text/html
  • .text - text/plain
  • .txt - text/plain
• Video
  • .m4v - video/mp4
  • .mp4 - video/mp4
  • .mpeg - video/mpeg
  • .mpg - video/mpeg
  • .ogm - video/ogg
  • .ogv - video/ogg
  • .webm - video/webm