PermissionStatus
Baseline 2022Newly available
Since September 2022, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The PermissionStatus
interface of the Permissions API provides the state of an object and an event handler for monitoring changes to said state.
Instance properties
PermissionStatus.name
Read only-
Returns the name of a requested permission, identical to the
name
passed toPermissions.query
. PermissionStatus.state
Read only-
Returns the state of a requested permission; one of
'granted'
,'denied'
, or'prompt'
.
Events
change
-
Invoked upon changes to
PermissionStatus.state
.
Example
js
navigator.permissions
.query({ name: "geolocation" })
.then((permissionStatus) => {
console.log(`geolocation permission status is ${permissionStatus.state}`);
permissionStatus.onchange = () => {
console.log(
`geolocation permission status has changed to ${permissionStatus.state}`,
);
};
});
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Permissions # permissionstatus-interface |
Browser compatibility
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state |
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- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
- Uses a non-standard name.
- Has more compatibility info.
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