js

requestPermission(fileSystemHandlePermissionDescriptor)

js

// fileHandle is a FileSystemFileHandle
// withWrite is a boolean set to true if write

async function verifyPermission(fileHandle, withWrite) {
  const opts = {};
  if (withWrite) {
    opts.mode = "readwrite";
  }

  // Check if we already have permission, if so, return true.
  if ((await fileHandle.queryPermission(opts)) === "granted") {
    return true;
  }

  // Request permission to the file, if the user grants permission, return true.
  if ((await fileHandle.requestPermission(opts)) === "granted") {
    return true;
  }

  // The user did not grant permission, return false.
  return false;
}