IDBDatabase: close event

The close event is fired on IDBDatabase when the database connection is unexpectedly closed. This could happen, for example, if the underlying storage is removed or if the user clears the database in the browser's history preferences.

Note that it is not fired if the database connection is closed normally using IDBDatabase.close().

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface Event
Event handler property onerror

Examples

This example opens a database and listens for the close event:

// Open the database
const dBOpenRequest = window.indexedDB.open('toDoList', 4);

dBOpenRequest.onupgradeneeded = (event) => {
  const db = event.target.result;

  // Create an objectStore for this database
  const objectStore = db.createObjectStore('toDoList', { keyPath: 'taskTitle' });

  // define what data items the objectStore will contain
  objectStore.createIndex('hours', 'hours', { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex('minutes', 'minutes', { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex('day', 'day', { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex('month', 'month', { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex('year', 'year', { unique: false });
};

dBOpenRequest.onsuccess = (event) => {

  const db = dBOpenRequest.result;
  db.addEventListener('close', () => {
    console.log('Database connection closed');
  });

};

The same example, using the onclose property instead of addEventListener():

// Open the database
const dBOpenRequest = window.indexedDB.open('toDoList', 4);

dBOpenRequest.onupgradeneeded = (event) => {
  const db = event.target.result;

  // Create an objectStore for this database
  const objectStore = db.createObjectStore('toDoList', { keyPath: 'taskTitle' });

  // define what data items the objectStore will contain
  objectStore.createIndex('hours', 'hours', { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex('minutes', 'minutes', { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex('day', 'day', { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex('month', 'month', { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex('year', 'year', { unique: false });
};

dBOpenRequest.onsuccess = (event) => {

  const db = dBOpenRequest.result;
  db.onclose = () => {
    console.log('Database connection closed');
  };

};

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
close_event
31
79
50
No
Yes
10.1
≤37
31
50
Yes
10.3
2.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IDBDatabase/close_event