Request: text() method

{{APIRef("Fetch API")}}{{AvailableInWorkers}}
The 
text() method of the {{domxref("Request")}} interface
reads the request body and returns it as a promise that resolves with a {{jsxref("String")}}.
The response is always decoded using UTF-8.
Syntax
text()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A Promise that resolves with a {{jsxref("String")}}.
Exceptions
{{jsxref("TypeError")}}
: Thrown for one of the following reasons:
The request body is disturbed or locked.
There was an error decoding the body content (for example, because the {{httpheader("Content-Encoding")}} header is incorrect).
Examples
const text = "Hello world";
const request = new Request("/myEndpoint", {
  method: "POST",
  body: text,
});
request.text().then((text) => {
  // do something with the text sent in the request
});
Specifications
{{Specifications}}
Browser compatibility
{{Compat}}
See also
{{domxref("Response.text()")}}