Permissions
Baseline Widely available *
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2022.
* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.
Note: This feature is available inWeb Workers.
ThePermissions interface of thePermissions API provides the core Permission API functionality, such as methods for querying and revoking permissions
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Instance methods
Permissions.query()Returns the user permission status for a given API.
Permissions.revoke()DeprecatedRevokes the permission currently set on a given API.
Example
js
navigator.permissions.query({ name: "geolocation" }).then((result) => { if (result.state === "granted") { showLocalNewsWithGeolocation(); } else if (result.state === "prompt") { showButtonToEnableLocalNews(); } // Don't do anything if the permission was denied.});Specifications
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