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Navigator.permissions

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

The Navigator.permissions read-only property 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

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
permissions
43
79
46
No
30
No
No
See bug 490120.
43
46
30
No
4.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/permissions