Headers: Permissions-Policy.magnetometer
Permissions-Policy: magnetometer directive
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The HTTP Permissions-Policy header magnetometer directive controls whether the current document is allowed to gather information about the orientation of the device through the Magnetometer interface.
Specifically, where a defined policy blocks use of this feature, Magnetometer() constructor calls will throw a DOMException of type SecurityError.
Syntax
Permissions-Policy: magnetometer=<allowlist>;
<allowlist>-
A list of origins for which permission is granted to use the feature. See
Permissions-Policy> Syntax for more details.
Default policy
The default allowlist for magnetometer is self.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Generic Sensor API> # permissions-policy> |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
magnetometer |
66 | 79 | No | 53 | No | 66 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Permissions-Policy/magnetometer
