Web/API/MediaKeys

This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The MediaKeys interface of EncryptedMediaExtensions API represents a set of keys that an associated HTMLMediaElement can use for decryption of media data during playback.

Properties

None.

Methods

MediaKeys.createSession()

Returns a new MediaKeySession object, which represents a context for message exchange with a content decryption module (CDM).

MediaKeys.setServerCertificate()

Returns a Promise to a server certificate to be used to encrypt messages to the license server.

Examples

//TBD

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Encrypted Media ExtensionsThe definition of 'MediaKeys' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
MediaKeys Experimental'	Chrome Full support 42	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 42	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
createSession Experimental'	Chrome Full support 42	Edge Full support 13	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 42	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
setServerCertificate Experimental'	Chrome Full support 42	Edge Full support 13	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 43	Chrome Android Full support 42	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

MediaKeys by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.