FeaturePolicy: allowsFeature() method
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The allowsFeature()
method of
the FeaturePolicy
interface enables introspection of individual
directives of the Permissions Policy it is run on. It returns a Boolean
that is true
if and only if the specified feature is allowed in the
specified context (or the default context if no context is specified).
Syntax
js
const allowed = FeaturePolicy.allowsFeature(feature)
or
js
const allowed = FeaturePolicy.allowsFeature(feature, origin);
Parameters
Feature name
A specific feature name must be specified.
Origin name
Optional
An origin URL to check the feature on. If it is omitted the default origin is used.
Return value
A Boolean
that is true
if and only if the feature is
allowed.
Example
The following example queries whether or not the document is allowed to use camera API by the Permissions Policy. Please note that Camera API might be restricted by the Permissions API, if the user did not grant the corresponding permission yet.
js
// First, get the Feature Policy object
const featurePolicy = document.featurePolicy;
// Then query feature for specific
const allowed = featurePolicy.allowsFeature("camera");
if (allowed) {
console.log("FP allows camera.");
} else {
console.log("FP does not allows camera.");
}
Specifications
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