PermissionStatus

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

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'.

Events

change

Invoked upon changes to PermissionStatus.state.

Example

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