PermissionStatus

Baseline 2022

Newly available

Since September 2022, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

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'.

Events

change

Invoked upon changes to PermissionStatus.state.

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

Specification
Permissions
# permissionstatus-interface

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android
PermissionStatus 43 79 46 30 16 43 46 30 16 4.0 No
change_event 43 79 46 30 16.4 43 46 30 16.4 4.0 No
name 97 97 93 83 16 97 93 68 16 18.0 No
state 4443–44 79 46 3130–31 16 4443–44 46 3230–32 16 4.0 No

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PermissionStatus