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---
title: AudioNode.context
slug: Web/API/AudioNode/context
tags:
- API
- AudioNode
- Context
- Property
- Reference
- Web Audio API
browser-compat: api.AudioNode.context
---
<div>{{APIRef("Web Audio API")}}</div>

<p>The read-only <code>context</code> property of the
  {{domxref("AudioNode")}} interface returns the associated
  {{domxref("BaseAudioContext")}}, that is the object representing the processing graph
  the node is participating in.</p>

<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<pre
  class="brush: js">var <em>aContext</em> = <em>anAudioNode</em>.context;</pre>

<h3 id="Value">Value</h3>

<p>The {{domxref("AudioContext")}} or {{domxref("OfflineAudioContext")}} object that was
  used to construct this <code>AudioNode</code>.</p>

<h2 id="Example">Example</h2>

<pre class="brush: js;">const AudioContext = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
const audioCtx = new AudioContext();

const oscillator = audioCtx.createOscillator();
const gainNode = audioCtx.createGain();
oscillator.connect(gainNode).connect(audioCtx.destination);

console.log(oscillator.context); // AudioContext
console.log(oscillator.context === audioCtx); // true
</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

{{Specifications}}

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{Compat}}</p>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
  <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API/Using_Web_Audio_API">Using the Web Audio
      API</a></li>
</ul>