PasswordCredential: PasswordCredential() constructor

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

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

The PasswordCredential() constructor creates a new PasswordCredential object. In supporting browsers, an instance of this class may be passed the credential from the init object for global fetch().

Syntax

js
new PasswordCredential(data)
new PasswordCredential(form)

Parameters

Either of the following:

data

An object with the following properties:

iconURL Optional

A string representing the URL of an icon or avatar to be associated with the credential.

id

A string representing a unique ID for the credential.

name Optional

A string representing the credential username.

origin

A string representing the credential's origin. PasswordCredential objects are origin-bound, which means that they will only be usable on the specified origin they were intended to be used on.

password

A string representing the credential password.

form

A reference to an HTMLFormElement with appropriate input fields. The form should, at the very least, contain an id and password. It could also require a CSRF token.

Exceptions

TypeError

Thrown if one of the id, origin or password option is empty.

Examples

This example shows how to set up an HTMLFormElement to capture data which we'll use to create a PasswordCredential object.

Starting with the form element.

html
<form id="form" method="post">
  <label for="id">Username:</label>
  <input type="text" name="id" autocomplete="username" />
  <label for="password">Password:</label>
  <input type="password" name="password" autocomplete="current-password" />
  <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="*****" />
</form>

Then, a reference to this form element, using it to create a PasswordCredential object, and storing it in the browser's password system.

js
const form = document.querySelector("#form");
const creds = new PasswordCredential(form);
// Store the credentials.
navigator.credentials.store(creds).then((creds) => {
  // Do something with the credentials if you need to.
});

Specifications

Specification
Credential Management Level 1
# dom-passwordcredential-passwordcredential
Credential Management Level 1
# dom-passwordcredential-passwordcredential-data

Browser compatibility