Document: requestStorageAccess() method

The requestStorageAccess() method of the Document interface allows content loaded in a third-party context (i.e., embedded in an <iframe>) to request access to third-party cookies. This is relevant to user agents that, by default, block access to third-party, unpartitioned cookies to improve privacy (e.g., to prevent tracking), and is part of the Storage Access API.

To check whether permission to access third-party cookies has already been granted, you can call Permissions.query(), specifying the feature name "storage-access".

Note: Usage of this feature may be blocked by a storage-access Permissions Policy set on your server. In addition, the document must pass additional browser-specific checks such as allowlists, blocklists, on-device classification, user settings, anti-clickjacking heuristics, or prompting the user for explicit permission.

Syntax

js
requestStorageAccess()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that fulfills with undefined if the access to third-party cookies was granted, and rejects if access was denied.

requestStorageAccess() requests are automatically denied unless the embedded content is currently processing a user gesture such as a tap or click (transient activation), or unless permission was already granted previously. If permission was not previously granted, they need to be run inside a user gesture-based event handler. The user gesture behavior depends on the state of the promise:

  • If the promise resolves (i.e. if permission was granted), then the user gesture has not been consumed, so the script can subsequently call APIs that require a user gesture.
  • If the promise rejects (i.e. permission was not granted), then the user gesture has been consumed, so the script can't do anything that requires a gesture. This is intentional protection against abuse — it prevents scripts from calling requestStorageAccess() in a loop until the user accepts the prompt.

Exceptions

InvalidStateError DOMException

Thrown if the current Document is not yet active.

NotAllowedError DOMException

Thrown if:

  • The document's window is not a secure context.
  • Usage is blocked by a storage-access Permissions Policy.
  • The document or the top-level document has a null origin.
  • The embedding <iframe> is sandboxed, and the allow-storage-access-by-user-activation token is not set.
  • Usage is denied by the user agent's permission request to use the API.

Examples

js
document.requestStorageAccess().then(
  () => {
    console.log("access granted");
  },
  () => {
    console.log("access denied");
  },
);

Note: See Using the Storage Access API for a more complete example.

Specifications

Specification
The Storage Access API
# dom-document-requeststorageaccess

Browser compatibility

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See also