index.md

---

title: downloads.State
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/downloads/State
page-type: webextension-api-type
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Extensions
  - Non-standard
  - Reference
  - Type
  - WebExtensions
  - downloads
  - state
browser-compat: webextensions.api.downloads.State

---

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The State type of the {{WebExtAPIRef("downloads")}} API defines different states that a current download can be in.

A {{WebExtAPIRef('downloads.DownloadItem')}}'s state property will contain a string taken from the values defined in this type.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

• in_progress

  • : The browser is currently receiving download data from the server.

• interrupted

  • : An error broke the connection with the server.

• complete

  • : The download completed successfully.

Note: These string constants will never change, but new constants may be added.

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

{{WebExtExamples}}

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.downloads API.