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  1. .. _doc_exporting_for_web:
  2. Exporting for the Web
  3. =====================
  4. HTML5 export allows publishing games made in Godot Engine to the browser.
  5. This requires support for `WebAssembly
  6. <https://webassembly.org/>`__ and `WebGL <https://www.khronos.org/webgl/>`__
  7. in the user's browser.
  8. .. important:: Use the browser-integrated developer console, usually opened
  9. with :kbd:`F12`, to view **debug information** like JavaScript,
  10. engine, and WebGL errors.
  11. .. attention:: `There are significant bugs when running HTML5 projects on iOS
  12. <https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues?q=is:issue+is:open+label:platform:html5+ios>`__
  13. (regardless of the browser). We recommend using
  14. :ref:`iOS' native export functionality <doc_exporting_for_ios>`
  15. instead, as it will also result in better performance.
  16. .. note::
  17. If you use Linux, due to
  18. `poor Firefox WebGL performance <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1010527>`__,
  19. it's recommended to play the exported project using a Chromium-based browser
  20. instead of Firefox.
  21. WebGL version
  22. -------------
  23. Depending on your choice of renderer, Godot can target WebGL 1.0 (*GLES2*) or
  24. WebGL 2.0 (*GLES3*).
  25. WebGL 1.0 is the recommended option if you want your project to be supported
  26. on all browsers with the best performance.
  27. Godot's GLES3 renderer targets high end devices, and the performance using
  28. WebGL 2.0 can be subpar. Some features are also not supported in WebGL 2.0
  29. specifically.
  30. Additionally, while most browsers support WebGL 2.0, this is not yet the case
  31. for **Safari**. WebGL 2.0 support is coming in Safari 15 for macOS, and is not
  32. available yet for any **iOS** browser (all WebKit-based like Safari).
  33. See `Can I use WebGL 2.0 <https://caniuse.com/webgl2>`__ for details.
  34. .. _doc_javascript_export_options:
  35. Export options
  36. --------------
  37. If a runnable web export template is available, a button appears between the
  38. *Stop scene* and *Play edited Scene* buttons in the editor to quickly open the
  39. game in the default browser for testing.
  40. You can choose the **Export Type** to select which features will be available:
  41. - *Regular*: is the most compatible across browsers, will not support threads,
  42. nor GDNative.
  43. - *Threads*: will require the browser to support `SharedArrayBuffer
  44. <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/SharedArrayBuffer>`__.
  45. See `Can I use SharedArrayBuffer <https://caniuse.com/sharedarraybuffer>`__
  46. for details.
  47. - *GDNative*: enables GDNative support but makes the binary bigger and slower
  48. to load.
  49. If you plan to use :ref:`VRAM compression <doc_import_images>` make sure that
  50. **Vram Texture Compression** is enabled for the targeted platforms (enabling
  51. both **For Desktop** and **For Mobile** will result in a bigger, but more
  52. compatible export).
  53. If a path to a **Custom HTML shell** file is given, it will be used instead of
  54. the default HTML page. See :ref:`doc_customizing_html5_shell`.
  55. **Head Include** is appended into the ``<head>`` element of the generated
  56. HTML page. This allows to, for example, load webfonts and third-party
  57. JavaScript APIs, include CSS, or run JavaScript code.
  58. .. important:: Each project must generate their own HTML file. On export,
  59. several text placeholders are replaced in the generated HTML
  60. file specifically for the given export options. Any direct
  61. modifications to that HTML file will be lost in future exports.
  62. To customize the generated file, use the **Custom HTML shell**
  63. option.
  64. .. warning:: **Export types** other then *Regular* are not yet supported by the
  65. C# version.
  66. Limitations
  67. -----------
  68. For security and privacy reasons, many features that work effortlessly on
  69. native platforms are more complicated on the web platform. Following is a list
  70. of limitations you should be aware of when porting a Godot game to the web.
  71. .. _doc_javascript_secure_contexts:
  72. .. important:: Browser vendors are making more and more functionalities only
  73. available in `secure contexts <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Secure_Contexts>`_,
  74. this means that such features are only be available if the web
  75. page is served via a secure HTTPS connection (localhost is
  76. usually exempt from such requirement).
  77. .. tip:: Check the `list of open HTML5 issues on GitHub
  78. <https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues?q=is:open+is:issue+label:platform:html5>`__
  79. to see if the functionality you're interested in has an issue yet. If
  80. not, open one to communicate your interest.
  81. Using cookies for data persistence
  82. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  83. Users must **allow cookies** (specifically IndexedDB) if persistence of the
  84. ``user://`` file system is desired. When playing a game presented in an
  85. ``iframe``, **third-party** cookies must also be enabled. Incognito/private
  86. browsing mode also prevents persistence.
  87. The method ``OS.is_userfs_persistent()`` can be used to check if the
  88. ``user://`` file system is persistent, but can give false positives in some
  89. cases.
  90. Background processing
  91. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  92. The project will be paused by the browser when the tab is no longer the active
  93. tab in the user's browser. This means functions such as ``_process()`` and
  94. ``_physics_process()`` will no longer run until the tab is made active again by
  95. the user (by switching back to the tab). This can cause networked games to
  96. disconnect if the user switches tabs for a long duration.
  97. This limitation does not apply to unfocused browser *windows*. Therefore, on the
  98. user's side, this can be worked around by running the project in a separate
  99. *window* instead of a separate tab.
  100. Threads
  101. ~~~~~~~
  102. As mentioned :ref:`above <doc_javascript_export_options>` multi-threading is
  103. only available if the appropriate **Export Type** is set and support for it
  104. across browsers is still limited.
  105. .. warning:: Requires a :ref:`secure context <doc_javascript_secure_contexts>`.
  106. Browsers also require that the web page is served with specific
  107. `cross-origin isolation headers <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy>`__.
  108. GDNative
  109. ~~~~~~~~
  110. As mentioned :ref:`above <doc_javascript_export_options>` GDNative is only
  111. available if the appropriate **Export Type** is set.
  112. The export will also copy the required GDNative ``.wasm`` files to the output
  113. folder (and must be uploaded to your server along with your game).
  114. Full screen and mouse capture
  115. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  116. Browsers do not allow arbitrarily **entering full screen**. The same goes for
  117. **capturing the cursor**. Instead, these actions have to occur as a response to
  118. a JavaScript input event. In Godot, this means entering full screen from within
  119. a pressed input event callback such as ``_input`` or ``_unhandled_input``.
  120. Querying the :ref:`class_Input` singleton is not sufficient, the relevant
  121. input event must currently be active.
  122. For the same reason, the full screen project setting doesn't work unless the
  123. engine is started from within a valid input event handler. This requires
  124. :ref:`customization of the HTML page <doc_customizing_html5_shell>`.
  125. Audio
  126. ~~~~~
  127. Chrome restricts how websites may play audio. It may be necessary for the
  128. player to click or tap or press a key to enable audio.
  129. .. seealso:: Google offers additional information about their `Web Audio autoplay
  130. policies <https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/audio-video/autoplay>`__.
  131. .. warning:: Access to microphone requires a
  132. :ref:`secure context <doc_javascript_secure_contexts>`.
  133. Networking
  134. ~~~~~~~~~~
  135. Low level networking is not implemented due to lacking support in browsers.
  136. Currently, only :ref:`HTTP client <doc_http_client_class>`,
  137. :ref:`HTTP requests <doc_http_request_class>`,
  138. :ref:`WebSocket (client) <doc_websocket>` and :ref:`WebRTC <doc_webrtc>` are
  139. supported.
  140. The HTTP classes also have several restrictions on the HTML5 platform:
  141. - Accessing or changing the ``StreamPeer`` is not possible
  142. - Threaded/Blocking mode is not available
  143. - Cannot progress more than once per frame, so polling in a loop will freeze
  144. - No chunked responses
  145. - Host verification cannot be disabled
  146. - Subject to `same-origin policy <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Same-origin_policy>`__
  147. Clipboard
  148. ~~~~~~~~~
  149. Clipboard synchronization between engine and the operating system requires a
  150. browser supporting the `Clipboard API <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard_API>`__,
  151. additionally, due to the API asynchronous nature might not be reliable when
  152. accessed from GDScript.
  153. .. warning:: Requires a :ref:`secure context <doc_javascript_secure_contexts>`.
  154. Gamepads
  155. ~~~~~~~~
  156. Gamepads will not be detected until one of their button is pressed. Gamepads
  157. might have the wrong mapping depending on the browser/OS/gamepad combination,
  158. sadly the `Gamepad API <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad_API/Using_the_Gamepad_API>`__
  159. does not provide a reliable way to detect the gamepad information necessary
  160. to remap them based on model/vendor/OS due to privacy considerations.
  161. .. warning:: Requires a :ref:`secure context <doc_javascript_secure_contexts>`.
  162. Boot splash is not displayed
  163. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  164. The default HTML page does not display the boot splash while loading. However,
  165. the image is exported as a PNG file, so :ref:`custom HTML pages <doc_customizing_html5_shell>`
  166. can display it.
  167. Shader language limitations
  168. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  169. When exporting a GLES2 project to HTML5, WebGL 1.0 will be used. WebGL 1.0
  170. doesn't support dynamic loops, so shaders using those won't work there.
  171. Serving the files
  172. -----------------
  173. Exporting for the web generates several files to be served from a web server,
  174. including a default HTML page for presentation. A custom HTML file can be
  175. used, see :ref:`doc_customizing_html5_shell`.
  176. The generated ``.html`` file can be used as ``DirectoryIndex`` in Apache
  177. servers and can be renamed to e.g. ``index.html`` at any time, its name is
  178. never depended on by default.
  179. The HTML page draws the game at maximum size within the browser window.
  180. This way it can be inserted into an ``<iframe>`` with the game's size, as is
  181. common on most web game hosting sites.
  182. The other exported files are served as they are, next to the ``.html`` file,
  183. names unchanged. The ``.wasm`` file is a binary WebAssembly module implementing
  184. the engine. The ``.pck`` file is the Godot main pack containing your game. The
  185. ``.js`` file contains start-up code and is used by the ``.html`` file to access
  186. the engine. The ``.png`` file contains the boot splash image. It is not used in
  187. the default HTML page, but is included for
  188. :ref:`custom HTML pages <doc_customizing_html5_shell>`.
  189. The ``.pck`` file is binary, usually delivered with the MIME-type
  190. :mimetype:`application/octet-stream`. The ``.wasm`` file is delivered as
  191. :mimetype:`application/wasm`.
  192. .. caution:: Delivering the WebAssembly module (``.wasm``) with a MIME-type
  193. other than :mimetype:`application/wasm` can prevent some start-up
  194. optimizations.
  195. Delivering the files with server-side compression is recommended especially for
  196. the ``.pck`` and ``.wasm`` files, which are usually large in size.
  197. The WebAssembly module compresses particularly well, down to around a quarter
  198. of its original size with gzip compression.
  199. **Hosts that provide on-the-fly compression:** GitHub Pages (gzip)
  200. **Hosts that don't provide on-the-fly compression:** itch.io, GitLab Pages
  201. (`supports manual gzip precompression <https://webd97.de/post/gitlab-pages-compression/>`__)
  202. .. _doc_javascript_eval:
  203. Calling JavaScript from script
  204. ------------------------------
  205. In web builds, the ``JavaScript`` singleton is implemented. It offers a single
  206. method called ``eval`` that works similarly to the JavaScript function of the
  207. same name. It takes a string as an argument and executes it as JavaScript code.
  208. This allows interacting with the browser in ways not possible with script
  209. languages integrated into Godot.
  210. ::
  211. func my_func():
  212. JavaScript.eval("alert('Calling JavaScript per GDScript!');")
  213. The value of the last JavaScript statement is converted to a GDScript value and
  214. returned by ``eval()`` under certain circumstances:
  215. * JavaScript ``number`` is returned as GDScript :ref:`class_float`
  216. * JavaScript ``boolean`` is returned as GDScript :ref:`class_bool`
  217. * JavaScript ``string`` is returned as GDScript :ref:`class_String`
  218. * JavaScript ``ArrayBuffer``, ``TypedArray`` and ``DataView`` are returned as
  219. GDScript :ref:`PackedByteArray<class_PackedByteArray>`
  220. ::
  221. func my_func2():
  222. var js_return = JavaScript.eval("var myNumber = 1; myNumber + 2;")
  223. print(js_return) # prints '3.0'
  224. Any other JavaScript value is returned as ``null``.
  225. HTML5 export templates may be :ref:`built <doc_compiling_for_web>` without
  226. support for the singleton to improve security. With such templates, and on
  227. platforms other than HTML5, calling ``JavaScript.eval`` will also return
  228. ``null``. The availability of the singleton can be checked with the
  229. ``JavaScript`` :ref:`feature tag <doc_feature_tags>`::
  230. func my_func3():
  231. if OS.has_feature('JavaScript'):
  232. JavaScript.eval("""
  233. console.log('The JavaScript singleton is available')
  234. """)
  235. else:
  236. print("The JavaScript singleton is NOT available")
  237. .. tip:: GDScript's multi-line strings, surrounded by 3 quotes ``"""`` as in
  238. ``my_func3()`` above, are useful to keep JavaScript code readable.
  239. The ``eval`` method also accepts a second, optional Boolean argument, which
  240. specifies whether to execute the code in the global execution context,
  241. defaulting to ``false`` to prevent polluting the global namespace::
  242. func my_func4():
  243. # execute in global execution context,
  244. # thus adding a new JavaScript global variable `SomeGlobal`
  245. JavaScript.eval("var SomeGlobal = {};", true)