Navigator: permissions property

Baseline 2022

Newly available

Since September 2022, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The permissions read-only property of the Navigator interface returns a Permissions object that can be used to query and update permission status of APIs covered by the Permissions API.

Value

A Permissions object.

Examples

js
navigator.permissions.query({ name: "geolocation" }).then((result) => {
  if (result.state === "granted") {
    showMap();
  } else if (result.state === "prompt") {
    showButtonToEnableMap();
  }
  // Don't do anything if the permission was denied.
});

Specifications

Specification
Permissions
# dom-navigator-permissions

Browser compatibility

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See also