Web/API/PermissionStatus/state

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

The state read-only property of the PermissionStatus interface returns the state of a requested permission. This property returns one of 'granted', 'denied', or 'prompt'.

Syntax

var permission = PermissionStatus.state;

Example

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

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
PermissionsThe definition of 'state' 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
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.state by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.