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PermissionStatus

The PermissionStatus interface of the Permissions API provides the state of an object and an event handler for monitoring changes to said state.

EventTarget PermissionStatus

Instance properties

PermissionStatus.name Read only

Returns the name of a requested permission, identical to the name passed to Permissions.query.

PermissionStatus.state Read only

Returns the state of a requested permission; one of 'granted', 'denied', or 'prompt'.

PermissionStatus.status Read only Deprecated

Returns the state of a requested permission; one of 'granted', 'denied', or 'prompt'. Later versions of the specification replace this with PermissionStatus.state.

Events

change

Invoked upon changes to PermissionStatus.state, or the deprecated PermissionStatus.status in the case of older browsers.

Example

js

navigator.permissions
  .query({ name: "geolocation" })
  .then((permissionStatus) => {
    console.log(`geolocation permission status is ${permissionStatus.state}`);
    permissionStatus.onchange = () => {
      console.log(
        `geolocation permission status has changed to ${permissionStatus.state}`,
      );
    };
  });

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
PermissionStatus 43 79 46 No 30 16 No 43 46 30 16 4.0
change_event 43 79 46 No 30 16.4 No 43 46 30 16.4 4.0
name 97 97 93 No 83 16 No 97 93 68 16 18.0
state 4443–44 79 46 No 3130–31 16 No 4443–44 46 3230–32 16 4.0

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