The Permissions API allows a web application to be aware of the status of a given permission, to know whether it is granted, denied or if the user will be asked whether the permission should be granted. The purpose of the API is to improve general UX with regards to permissions on the Web, allowing developers to be aware of what is going to happen will enable better flow.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/permissions/index.html

Documentation

• http://updates.html5rocks.com/2015/04/permissions-api-for-the-web
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Permissions_API

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>PermissionsAPI

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 43
• Chrome for Android release 43

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: In development
• Edge: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• mlamouri@chromium.org
• timvolodine@chromium.org

Comments

'camera' and 'microphone' are supported for querying via the Permissions API starting with Chrome 64.

Last updated on 2020-11-09