FileSystemHandle.requestPermission()

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The requestPermission() method of the FileSystemHandle interface requests read or readwrite permissions for the file handle.

Syntax

var PermissionState = FileSystemHandle.requestPermission(FileSystemHandlePermissionDescriptor);

Parameters

FileSystemHandlePermissionDescriptor Optional

An object which specifies the permission mode to query for. Options are as follows:

'mode': Can be either 'read' or 'readwrite'.

Return value

PermissionStatus.state which is one of 'granted', 'denied' or 'prompt'.

Exceptions

TypeError: No parameter is specified or the mode is not that of 'read' or 'readwrite'

Examples

The following asynchronous function requests permissions if they have not been granted.

// fileHandle is a FileSystemFileHandle
// withWrite is a boolean set to true if write

async function verifyPermission(fileHandle, withWrite) {
  const opts = {};
  if (withWrite) {
    opts.mode = 'readwrite';
  }

  // Check if we already have permission, if so, return true.
  if (await fileHandle.queryPermission(opts) === 'granted') {
    return true;
  }

  // Request permission to the file, if the user grants permission, return true.
  if (await fileHandle.requestPermission(opts) === 'granted') {
    return true;
  }

  // The user did not grant permission, return false.
  return false;
}

Specifications

Specification
File System Access # api-filesystemhandle-requestpermission

Browser compatibility

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