This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2019.
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
The type read-only property of the Credential interface returns a string containing the credential's type. Valid values are password, federated, public-key, identity and otp.
A string contains a credential's given name.
| Specification |
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| Credential Management Level 1> # dom-credential-type> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
type |
51 | 18 | 60 | 38 | 13 | 51 | 60 | 41 | 13 | 5.0 | 51 | 13 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Credential/type