Web/API/PermissionStatus

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

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

Properties

PermissionStatus.state Read only

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

PermissionStatus.statusRead only '

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

Event Handler

PermissionStatus.onchange

An event called whenever PermissionStatus.status changes.

Example

navigator.permissions.query({name:'geolocation'}).then(function(permissionStatus) {
  console.log('geolocation permission status is ', permissionStatus.state);
  permissionStatus.onchange = function() {
    console.log('geolocation permission status has changed to ', this.state);
  };
});

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
PermissionsThe definition of 'PermissionStatus' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in 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
PermissionStatus Experimental'	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 46	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support 46	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
onchange Experimental'	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 46	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android Full support 43	Firefox Android Full support 46	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0
state Experimental'	Chrome Full support 44 Full support 44 No support 43 — 44 Alternate Name' Alternate Name' Uses the non-standard name: status	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 46	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android Full support 44 Full support 44 No support 43 — 44 Alternate Name' Alternate Name' Uses the non-standard name: status	Firefox Android Full support 46	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

Uses a non-standard name.'

Uses a non-standard name.

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