Revision 785721 of Permissions

<p><span style="line-height: 19.0909080505371px;">{{APIRef("Permissions API")}}{{SeeCompatTable}}</span></p>

<p>The Permissions interface of the <a href="Permissions_API">Permissions API</a> provides a method for querying the status of a user permission&nbsp;on the global scope.</p>

<h2 id="Method">Method</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("Permissions.query")}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns the status of a user permission on the global scope.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Example">Example</h2>

<pre class="brush: js">
navigator.permissions.query({name:'geolocation'}).then(function(result) {
  if (result.status == 'granted') {
    showLocalNewsWithGeolocation();
  } else if (result.status == 'prompt') {
    showButtonToEnableLocalNews();
  }
  // Don't do anything if the permission was denied.
});</pre>

<h2 id="Specification">Specification</h2>

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   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
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  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('Permissions API', '#permissions-interface', 'Permissions')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('Permissions API')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_Support">Browser Support</h2>

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   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome(43.0)}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown()}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown()}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown()}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown()}}</td>
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   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo()}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome(43.0)}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown()}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown()}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown()}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown()}}</td>
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