Channel Messaging - Interactive Lab | IconVault

Real MessageChannel demos: entangled ports, structured-clone proof, and a port transferred to a Web Worker. Free, in-browser.

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Channel Messaging

MessageChannel ports for pages, iframes and workers

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MessageChannel or Worker is unavailable in this browser. Both demos below need them; nothing is simulated.

Demo 1: two entangled ports

Port A only hears Port B and vice versa. Payloads cross as structured clones.

Port A outbox (heard by B)

Port B outbox (heard by A)

Port traffic

Connect the ports and send a message to see the structured clone arrive.

Demo 2: port transferred to a Web Worker

A real worker (built from a Blob URL) receives port2 through the transfer list and echoes messages back on it.

Worker traffic

Start the worker, then ping it: the reply comes back on the transferred port.

5 of 5 free sends left. Everything runs in your browser.

About this tool

IconVault's Channel Messaging playground builds real `MessageChannel` ports: two entangled ports trade structured-cloned payloads in the page, and a second demo transfers a port into a genuine Web Worker (created from a Blob URL) that echoes messages back. A deliberate DataCloneError demo shows why functions cannot cross a port. It is free and runs fully in your browser.

MessageChannel is the plumbing behind iframe-to-parent widgets, worker offloading, and cross-context libraries: one side of a port can be transferred to another context while staying a private two-way pipe. The lab makes the entanglement rule tangible (each port only hears the other), proves structured cloning with nested objects and dates, and shows the transfer-list pattern you need for worker communication.

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