GeolocationPositionError: code property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The code read-only property of the GeolocationPositionError interface is an unsigned short representing the error code.

The following values are possible:

Value Associated constant Description
1 PERMISSION_DENIED The acquisition of the geolocation information failed because the page didn't have the permission to do it.
2 POSITION_UNAVAILABLE The acquisition of the geolocation failed because one or several internal sources of position returned an internal error.
3 TIMEOUT Geolocation information was not obtained in the allowed time.

Specifications

Specification
Geolocation
# code-attribute

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