Swiper API

Swiper Full HTML Layout

<!-- Slider main container -->
<div class="swiper-container">
    <!-- Additional required wrapper -->
    <div class="swiper-wrapper">
        <!-- Slides -->
        <div class="swiper-slide">Slide 1</div>
        <div class="swiper-slide">Slide 2</div>
        <div class="swiper-slide">Slide 3</div>
        ...
    </div>
    <!-- If we need pagination -->
    <div class="swiper-pagination"></div>
    
    <!-- If we need navigation buttons -->
    <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div>
    <div class="swiper-button-next"></div>
    
    <!-- If we need scrollbar -->
    <div class="swiper-scrollbar"></div>
</div>

Initialize Swiper

Now, when we have Swiper's HTML, we need to initialize it using the following function:

new Swiper(swiperContainer, parameters) - initialize swiper with options

For example:

var mySwiper = new Swiper('.swiper-container', {
    speed: 400,
    spaceBetween: 100
});   

Swiper Parameters

Let's look on list of all available parameters:

Parameter Type Default Description
initialSlide number 0 Index number of initial slide.
direction string 'horizontal' Could be 'horizontal' or 'vertical' (for vertical slider).
speed number 300 Duration of transition between slides (in ms)
setWrapperSize boolean false Enabled this option and plugin will set width/height on swiper wrapper equal to total size of all slides. Mostly should be used as compatibility fallback option for browser that don't support flexbox layout well
virtualTranslate boolean false Enabled this option and swiper will be operated as usual except it will not move, real translate values on wrapper will not be set. Useful when you may need to create custom slide transition
width number Swiper width (in px). Parameter allows to force Swiper width. Useful only if you initialize Swiper when it is hidden.
Setting this parameter will make Swiper not responsive
height number Swiper height (in px). Parameter allows to force Swiper height. Useful only if you initialize Swiper when it is hidden.
Setting this parameter will make Swiper not responsive
roundLengths boolean false Set to true to round values of slides width and height to prevent blurry texts on usual resolution screens (if you have such)
Autoplay
autoplay number - delay between transitions (in ms). If this parameter is not specified, auto play will be disabled
autoplayDisableOnInteraction boolean true Set to false and autoplay will not be disabled after user interactions (swipes), it will be restarted every time after interaction
Progress
watchSlidesProgress boolean false Enable this feature to calculate each slides progress
watchSlidesVisibility boolean false watchSlidesProgress should be enabled. Enable this option and slides that are in viewport will have additional visible class
Freemode
freeMode boolean false If true then slides will not have fixed positions
freeModeMomentum boolean true If true, then slide will keep moving for a while after you release it
freeModeMomentumRatio number 1 Higher value produces larger momentum distance after you release slider
freeModeMomentumBounce boolean true Set to false if you want to disable momentum bounce in free mode
freeModeMomentumBounceRatio number 1 Higher value produces larger momentum bounce effect
freeModeSticky boolean false Set to true to enable snap to slides positions in free mode
Effects
effect string 'slide' Could be "slide", "fade", "cube" or "coverflow"
fade object
fade: {
  crossFade: false
}
Fade effect parameters
cube object
cube: {
  slideShadows: true,
  shadow: true,
  shadowOffset: 20,
  shadowScale: 0.94
}
Cube effect parameters. For better performance you may disable shadows
coverflow object
coverflow: {
  rotate: 50,
  stretch: 0,
  depth: 100,
  modifier: 1,
  slideShadows : true
}
Coverflow effect parameters. For better performance you may disable shadows
Parallax
parallax boolean false Enable, if you want to use "parallaxed" elements inside of slider
Slides grid
spaceBetween number 0 Distance between slides in px.
slidesPerView number or 'auto' 1

Number of slides per view (slides visible at the same time on slider's container).

If you use it with "auto" value and along with loop: true then you need to specify loopedSlides parameter with amount of slides to loop (duplicate)

slidesPerView: 'auto' is currently not compatible with multirow mode, when slidesPerColumn > 1

slidesPerColumn number 1 Number of slides per column, for multirow layout
slidesPerColumnFill string 'column' Could be 'column' or 'row'. Defines how slides should fill rows, by column or by row
slidesPerGroup number 1 Set numbers of slides to define and enable group sliding. Useful to use with slidesPerView > 1
centeredSlides boolean false If true, then active slide will be centered, not always on the left side.
slidesOffsetBefore number 0 Add (in px) additional slide offset in the beginning of the container (before all slides)
slidesOffsetAfter number 0 Add (in px) additional slide offset in the end of the container (after all slides)
Grab Cursor
grabCursor boolean false This option may a little improve desktop usability. If true, user will see the "grab" cursor when hover on Swiper
Touches
touchRatio number 1 Touch ration
touchAngle number 45 Allowable angle (in degrees) to trigger touch move
simulateTouch boolean true If true, Swiper will accept mouse events like touch events (click and drag to change slides)
shortSwipes boolean true Set to false if you want to disable short swipes
longSwipes boolean true Set to false if you want to disable long swipes
longSwipesRatio number 0.5 Ratio to trigger swipe to next/previous slide during long swipes
longSwipesMs number 300 Minimal duration (in ms) to trigger swipe to next/previous slide during long swipes
followFinger boolean true If disabled, then slider will be animated only when you release it, it will not move while you hold your finger on it
onlyExternal boolean false If true, then the only way to switch the slide is use of external API functions like slidePrev or slideNext
threshold number 0 Threshold value in px. If "touch distance" will be lower than this value then swiper will not move
touchMoveStopPropagation boolean true If enabled, then propagation of "touchmove" will be stopped
iOSEdgeSwipeDetection boolean false Enable to release Swiper events for swipe-to-go-back work in iOS UIWebView
iOSEdgeSwipeThreshold number 20 Area (in px) from left edge of the screen to release touch events for swipe-to-go-back in iOS UIWebView
Touch Resistance
resistance boolean true Set to false if you want to disable resistant bounds
resistanceRatio number 0.85 This option allows you to control resistance ratio
Clicks
preventClicks boolean true Set to true to prevent accidental unwanted clicks on links during swiping
preventClicksPropagation boolean true Set to true to stop clicks event propagation on links during swiping
slideToClickedSlide boolean false Set to true and click on any slide will produce transition to this slide
Swiping / No swiping
allowSwipeToPrev boolean true Set to false to disable swiping to previous slide direction (to left or top)
allowSwipeToNext boolean true Set to false to disable swiping to next slide direction (to right or bottom)
noSwiping boolean true Set to false to disable swiping to next slide direction (to right or bottom)
noSwipingClass string 'swiper-no-swiping' If true, then you can add noSwipingClass class to swiper's slide to prevent/disable swiping on this element
swipeHandler string / HTMLElement null String with CSS selector or HTML element of the container with pagination that will work as only available handler for swiping
Pagination
pagination string / HTMLElement null String with CSS selector or HTML element of the container with pagination
paginationHide boolean true Toggle (hide/true) pagination container visibility when click on Slider's container
paginationClickable boolean false If true then clicking on pagination button will cause transition to appropriate slide
paginationElement string 'span' Defines which HTML tag will be use to represent single pagination bullet
paginationBulletRender(index, className) function null This parameter allows totally customize pagination bullets, you need to pass here a function that accepts index number of pagination bullet and required element class name (className).

For example, with this code, we can add slide number into pagination bullet:

var swiper = new Swiper('.swiper-container', {
  //...
  paginationBulletRender: function (index, className) {
      return '<span class="' + className + '">' + (index + 1) + '</span>';
  }
});              
Navigation Buttons
nextButton string / HTMLElement null String with CSS selector or HTML element of the element that will work like "next" button after click on it
prevButton string / HTMLElement null String with CSS selector or HTML element of the element that will work like "prev" button after click on it
Accessibility
a11y boolean false Option to enable keyboard accessibility to provide foucsable navigation buttons and basic ARIA for screen readers
prevSlideMessage string 'Previous slide' Message for screen readers for previous button
nextSlideMessage string 'Next slide' Message for screen readers for next button
firstSlideMessage string 'This is the first slide' Message for screen readers for previous button when swiper is on first slide
lastSlideMessage string 'This is the last slide' Message for screen readers for previous button when swiper is on last slide
paginationBulletMessage string 'Go to slide {{index}}' Message for screen readers for single pagination bullet
Scollbar
scrollbar string / HTMLElement null String with CSS selector or HTML element of the container with scrollbar.
scrollbarHide boolean true Hide scrollbar automatically after user interaction
Keyboard / Mousewheel
keyboardControl boolean false Set to true to enable navigation through slides using keyboard right and left (for horizontal mode), top and borrom (for vertical mode) keyboard arrows
mousewheelControl boolean false Set to true to enable navigation through slides using mouse wheel
mousewheelForceToAxis boolean false Set to true to force mousewheel swipes to axis. So in horizontal mode mousewheel will work only with horizontal mousewheel scrolling, and only with vertical scrolling in vertical mode.
mousewheelReleaseOnEdges boolean false Set to true and swiper will release mousewheel event and allow page scrolling when swiper is on edge positions (in the beginning or in the end)
mousewheelInvert boolean false Set to true to invert sliding direction
mousewheelSensitivity number 1 Multiplier of mousewheel data, allows to tweak mouse wheel sensitivity
Hash Navigation
hashnav boolean false Set to true to enable hash url navigation to for slides
Images
preloadImages boolean true When enabled Swiper will force to load all images
updateOnImagesReady boolean true When enabled Swiper will be reinitialized after all inner images (<img> tags) are loaded. Required preloadImages: true
lazyLoading boolean false Set to "true" to enable images lazy loading. Note that preloadImages should be disabled
lazyLoadingInPrevNext boolean false Set to "true" to enable lazy loading for the closest slides images (for previous and next slide images)
lazyLoadingOnTransitionStart boolean false By default, Swiper will load lazy images after transition to this slide, so you may enable this parameter if you need it to start loading of new image in the beginning of transition
Loop
loop boolean false

Set to true to enable continuous loop mode

If you use it along with slidesPerView: 'auto' then you need to specify loopedSlides parameter with amount of slides to loop (duplicate)

loopAdditionalSlides number 0 Addition number of slides that will be cloned after creating of loop
loopedSlides number null If you use slidesPerView:'auto' with loop mode you should tell to Swiper how many slides it should loop (duplicate) using this parameter
Controller
control [Swiper Instance] undefined Pass here another Swiper instance or array with Swiper instances that should be controlled by this Swiper
controlInverse boolean false Set to true and controlling will be in inverse direction
controlBy string 'slide' Can be 'slide' or 'container'. Defines a way how to control another slider: slide by slide (with respect to other slider's grid) or depending on all slides/container (depending on total slider percentage)
Observer
observer boolean false Set to true to enable Mutation Observer on Swiper and its elements. In this case Swiper will be updated (reinitialized) each time if you change its style (like hide/show) or modify its child elements (like adding/removing slides)
observeParents boolean false Set to true if you also need to watch Mutations for Swiper parent elements
Callbacks
runCallbacksOnInit boolean true Run on[Transition/SlideChange][Start/End] callbacks on swiper initialization. Such callbacks will be fired on initialization in case of your initialSlide is not 0, or you use loop mode
onInit(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed right after Swiper initialization
onSlideChangeStart(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed in the beginning of animation to other slide (next or previous). Receives swiper instance as an argument.
onSlideChangeEnd(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed after animation to other slide (next or previous). Receives slider instance as an argument.
onTransitionStart(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed in the beginning of transition. Receives swiper instance as an argument.
onTransitionEnd(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed after transition. Receives slider instance as an argument.
onTouchStart(swiper, event) function Callback function, will be executed when user touch Swiper. Receives swiper instance and 'touchstart' event as an arguments.
onTouchMove(swiper, event) function Callback function, will be executed when user touch and move finger over Swiper. Receives swiper instance and 'touchmove' event as an arguments.
onTouchMoveOpposite(swiper, event) function Callback function, will be executed when user touch and move finger over Swiper in direction opposite to direction parameter. Receives swiper instance and 'touchmove' event as an arguments.
onSliderMove(swiper, event) function Callback function, will be executed when user touch and move finger over Swiper and move it. Receives swiper instance and 'touchmove' event as an arguments.
onTouchEnd(swiper, event) function Callback function, will be executed when user release Swiper. Receives swiper instance and 'touchend' event as an arguments.
onClick(swiper, event) function Callback function, will be executed when user click/tap on Swiper after 300ms delay. Receives swiper instance and 'touchend' event as an arguments.
onTap(swiper, event) function Callback function, will be executed when user click/tap on Swiper. Receives swiper instance and 'touchend' event as an arguments.
onDoubleTap(swiper, event) function Callback function, will be executed when user double tap on Swiper's container. Receives swiper instance and 'touchend' event as an arguments
onImagesReady(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed right after all inner images are loaded. updateOnImagesReady should be also enabled
onProgress(swiper, progress) function Callback function, will be executed when Swiper progress is changed, as second arguments it receives progress that is always from 0 to 1
onReachBeginning(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed when Swiper reach its beginning (initial position)
onReachEnd(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed when Swiper reach last slide
onDestroy(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed when you destroy Swiper
onSetTranslate(swiper, translate) function Callback function, will be executed when swiper's wrapper change its position. Receives swiper instance and current translate value as an arguments
onSetTransition(swiper, transition) function Callback function, will be executed everytime when swiper starts animation. Receives swiper instance and current transition duration (in ms) as an arguments
onAutoplayStart(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed when when autoplay started
onAutoplayStop(swiper) function Callback function, will be executed when when autoplay stopped
onLazyImageLoad(swiper, slide, image) function Callback function, will be executed in the beginning of lazy loading of image
onLazyImageReady(swiper, slide, image) function Callback function, will be executed when lazy loading image will be loaded
Namespace
slideClass string 'swiper-slide' CSS class name of slide
slideActiveClass string 'swiper-slide-active' CSS class name of currently active slide
slideVisibleClass string 'swiper-slide-visible' CSS class name of currently visible slide
slideDuplicateClass string 'swiper-slide-duplicate' CSS class name of slide duplicated by loop mode
slideNextClass string 'swiper-slide-next' CSS class name of slide which is right after currently active slide
slidePrevClass string 'swiper-slide-prev' CSS class name of slide which is right before currently active slide
wrapperClass string 'swiper-wrapper' CSS class name of slides' wrapper
bulletClass string 'swiper-pagination-bullet' CSS class name of single pagination bullet
bulletActiveClass string 'swiper-pagination-bullet-active' CSS class name of currently active pagination bullet
paginationHiddenClass string 'swiper-pagination-hidden' CSS class name of pagination when it becomes inactive
buttonDisabledClass string 'swiper-button-disabled' CSS class name of next/prev button when it becomes disabled

Slider Methods & Properties

After we initialize Slider we have its initialized instance in variable (like mySwiper variable in example above) with helpful methods and properties:

Properties
mySwiper.params Object with passed initialization parameters
mySwiper.container Dom7/jQuery element with slider container HTML element. To get vanilla HTMLElement use mySwiper.container[0]
mySwiper.wrapper Dom7/jQuery element with slider wrapper HTML element. To get vanilla HTMLElement use mySwiper.wrapper[0]
mySwiper.slides Dom7/jQuery array-like collection of slides HTML elements. To get specific slide HTMLElement use mySwiper.slides[1]
mySwiper.bullets Dom7/jQuery collection of pagination buttons HTML elements. To get specific slide HTMLElement use mySwiper.bullets[1]
mySwiper.width Width of container
mySwiper.height Height of container
mySwiper.translate Current value of wrapper translate
mySwiper.progress Current progress of wrapper translate (from 0 to 1)
mySwiper.activeIndex

Index number of currently active slide

Note, that in loop mode active index value will be always shifted on a number of looped/duplicated slides

mySwiper.previousIndex Index number of previously active slide
mySwiper.isBeginning true if slider on most "left"/"top" position
mySwiper.isEnd true if slider on most "right"/"bottom" position
mySwiper.autoplaying true if autoplay is enabled
mySwiper.animating true if swiper is in transition
mySwiper.touches Object with the following touch event properties:
  • mySwiper.touches.startX
  • mySwiper.touches.startY
  • mySwiper.touches.currentX
  • mySwiper.touches.currentY
  • mySwiper.touches.diff
mySwiper.clickedIndex Index number of last clicked slide
mySwiper.clickedSlide Link to last clicked slide (HTMLElement)
Methods
mySwiper.slideNext(runCallbacks, speed); Run transition to next slide
  • runCallbacks - boolean - Set it to false (by default it is true) and transition will not produce onSlideChange callback functions. Optional
  • speed - number - transition duration (in ms). Optional
mySwiper.slidePrev(runCallbacks, speed); Run transition to previous slide
  • runCallbacks - boolean - Set it to false (by default it is true) and transition will not produce onSlideChange callback functions. Optional
  • speed - number - transition duration (in ms). Optional
mySwiper.slideTo(index, speed, runCallbacks); Run transition to the slide with index number equal to 'index' parameter for the duration equal to 'speed' parameter.
  • index - number - index number of slide
  • speed - number - transition duration (in ms). Optional
  • runCallbacks - boolean - Set it to false (by default it is true) and transition will not produce onSlideChange callback functions. Optional
mySwiper.update(updateTranslate);

This method includes updateContainerSize, updateSlidesSize, updateProgress, updatePagination and updateClasses methods

You should call it after you add/remove slides manually, or after you hide/show it, or do any custom DOM modifications with Swiper

  • updateTranslate - boolean - Set it to true (by default it is false) to hard set/reset/update Swiper wrapper translate. It is useful if you use not default effect or scrollbar. Optional

This method also includes subcall of the following methods which you can use separately:

  • mySwiper.updateContainerSize() - recalculate size of swiper container
  • mySwiper.updateSlidesSize() - recalculate number of slides and their offsets. Useful after you add/remove slides with JavaScript
  • mySwiper.updateProgress() - recalculate swiper progress
  • mySwiper.updatePagination() - updates pagination layout and re-render bullets
  • mySwiper.updateClasses() - update active/prev/next classes on slides and bullets
mySwiper.onResize(); Swiper executes this method when you resize browser. It is almost the same as .update() but a bit softer, without hard setting translate
mySwiper.detachEvents(); Detach all events listeners
mySwiper.attachEvents(); Atach all events listeners again
mySwiper.startAutoplay(); start auto play. It may be useful for custom "Play" and "Pause" buttons
mySwiper.stopAutoplay(); stop auto play. It may be useful for custom "Play" and "Pause" buttons
mySwiper.destroy(deleteInstance, cleanupStyles); Destroy slider instance and detach all events listeners, where
  • deleteInstance - boolean - Set it to false (by default it is true) to not to delete Swiper instance
  • cleanupStyles - boolean - Set it to true (by default it is false) and all custom styles will be removed from slides, wrapper and container. Useful if you need to destroy Swiper and to init again with new options or in different direction
mySwiper.appendSlide(slides); Add new slides to the end. slides could be HTMLElement or HTML string with new slide or array with such slides, for example:
mySwiper.appendSlide('<div class="swiper-slide">Slide 10"</div>')
mySwiper.appendSlide([
   '<div class="swiper-slide">Slide 10"</div>', 
   '<div class="swiper-slide">Slide 11"</div>'
]);
mySwiper.prependSlide(slides); Add new slides to the beginning. slides could be HTMLElement or HTML string with new slide or array with such slides, for example:
mySwiper.prependSlide('<div class="swiper-slide">Slide 0"</div>')
mySwiper.prependSlide([
   '<div class="swiper-slide">Slide 1"</div>', 
   '<div class="swiper-slide">Slide 2"</div>'
]);
mySwiper.removeSlide(slideIndex); Remove selected slides. slideIndex could be a number with slide index to remove or array with indexes, for example:
mySwiper.removeSlide(0); //remove first slide
mySwiper.removeSlide([0, 1]); //remove first and second slides
mySwiper.removeAllSlides(); Remove all slides
mySwiper.setWrapperTranslate(translate); Set custom css3 transform's translate value for swiper wrapper
mySwiper.getWrapperTranslate(); Get current value of swiper wrapper css3 transform translate
mySwiper.on(callback, handler) Add callback/event handler
mySwiper.once(callback, handler) Add event/callback that will be executed only once
mySwiper.off(callback) Remove all handlers for specified callback/event
mySwiper.lockSwipeToNext()
mySwiper.unlockSwipeToNext()
Disable (lock) / enable (unlock) ability to slide to the next slides
mySwiper.lockSwipeToPrev()
mySwiper.unlockSwipeToPrev()
Disable (lock) / enable (unlock) ability to slide to the previous slides
mySwiper.lockSwipes()
mySwiper.unlockSwipes()
Disable (lock) / enable (unlock) ability to change slides
mySwiper.disableMousewheelControl(); Disable mousewheel control
mySwiper.enableMousewheelControl(); Enable mousewheel control
mySwiper.disableKeyboardControl(); Disable keyboard control
mySwiper.enableKeyboardControl(); Enable keyboard control

Hash Navigation

Hash navigation is intended to have a link to specific slide that allows to load page with specific slide opened.

To make it work, you need to enable it by passing hashnav:true parameter and adding slides hashes in data-hash attribute:

<div class="swiper-container">
    <div class="swiper-wrapper">
        <div class="swiper-slide" data-hash="slide1">Slide 1</div>
        <div class="swiper-slide" data-hash="slide2">Slide 2</div>
        <div class="swiper-slide" data-hash="slide3">Slide 3</div>
        <div class="swiper-slide" data-hash="slide4">Slide 4</div>
        <div class="swiper-slide" data-hash="slide5">Slide 5</div>
        ...
    </div>
</div>
var swiper = new Swiper('.swiper-container', {
  //enable hash navigation
  hashnav: true
})

Parallax

Since version 3.0.3 Swiper supports parallax transition effects for swiper/slides nested elements. There are two types of parallax elements supported:

To enable parallax effects you need to init Swiper with passed parallax:true parameter and add data-swiper-parallax attribute on required elements

<div class="swiper-container">
    <!-- Parallax background element -->
    <div 
        class="parallax-bg" 
        style="background-image:url(http://lorempixel.com/900/600/nightlife/2/)" 
        data-swiper-parallax="-23%">
    </div>
    <div class="swiper-wrapper">
        <div class="swiper-slide">
            <!-- Each slide has parallax title -->
            <div class="title" data-swiper-parallax="-100">Slide 1</div>
            <!-- Parallax subtitle -->
            <div class="subtitle" data-swiper-parallax="-200">Subtitle</div>
            <!-- And parallax text with custom transition duration -->
            <div class="text" data-swiper-parallax="-300" data-swiper-parallax-duration="600">
              <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ...</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        ...
    </div>
</div>

All elements with specified data-swiper-parallax attribute will have parallax transition. This attribute may accept:

It is possible to overwrite parallax direction by using data-swiper-parallax-x and data-swiper-parallax-y attributes with same rules

You can also pass custom transition duration for parallax elements by adding data-swiper-parallax-duration attribute.

Lazy Loading

To enable lazy loading, first of all we need special layout for images or elements with backround in slides:

<div class="swiper-container">
    <div class="swiper-wrapper">
 
        <!-- Lazy image -->
        <div class="swiper-slide">
            <img data-src="path/to/picture-1.jpg" class="swiper-lazy">
            <div class="swiper-lazy-preloader"></div>
        </div>
 
        <!-- Element with lazy background image -->
        <div class="swiper-slide">
            <div data-background="path/to/picture-2.jpg" class="swiper-lazy">
                <div class="swiper-lazy-preloader"></div>
            </div>
        </div>
 
        <!-- Lazy background image on slide itself -->
        <div data-background="path/to/picture-3.jpg" class="swiper-slide swiper-lazy">
            <div class="swiper-lazy-preloader"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div> 

As you see:

You may also add animated preloader spinner to slide which will be removed automatically after image loaded:

<div class="swiper-lazy-preloader"></div>

Or white-one for dark layout:

<div class="swiper-lazy-preloader swiper-lazy-preloader-white"></div>

After that we need to enable lazy loading on Swiper initialization:

var swiper = new Swiper('.swiper-container', {
    // Disable preloading of all images
    preloadImages: false,
    // Enable lazy loading
    lazyLoading: true
});    

If you use slidesPerView "auto" or slidesPerView > 1, then you should also enable watchSlidesVisibility and Swiper will load images in currently visible slides

Emitter API / Events

Emitter API allows to you add events/callbacks to Swiper like usual events, even after Swiper initialization:

// Init Swiper
var mySwiper = new Swiper('.swiper-container');
 
// Later add callback
mySwiper.on('slideChangeStart', function () {
    console.log('slide change start');
});
 
// Add one more handler for this event
mySwiper.on('slideChangeStart', function () {
    console.log('slide change start 2');
});
 
// Add handler that will be executed only once
mySwiper.once('sliderMove', function () {
    console.log('slider moved');
});
 
// Somewhen later, remove all slideChangeStart handlers
mySwiper.off('slideChangeStart');  

Note, that callback/event name in this case is the same as usual callback name but without "on" and with lowercase first character, so "onTouchMove" becames just "touchMove"

Access to Swiper's Instance

If you initialize Swiper using HTML it is still possible to access to Swiper's instance. It is swiper property of Swiper's HTML container element:

var mySwiper = $('.swiper-container')[0].swiper;
 
// Now you can use all slider methods like
mySwiper.slideNext();