PresentationRequest

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

See full compatibility

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

A PresentationRequest object is used to initiate or reconnect to a presentation made by a controlling browsing context. The PresentationRequest object MUST be implemented in a controlling browsing context provided by a controlling user agent.

When a PresentationRequest is constructed, the given urls MUST be used as the list of presentation request URLs which are each a possible presentation URL for the PresentationRequest instance.

Constructor

PresentationRequest(): Creates a PresentationRequest.

Instance properties

None

Instance methods

PresentationRequest.start(): Returns a Promise that resolves with a PresentationConnection after the user agent prompts the user to select a display and grant permission to use that display.
PresentationRequest.reconnect(): When the reconnect(presentationId) method is called on a PresentationRequest presentationRequest, the user agent MUST run the following steps to reconnect to a presentation.
PresentationRequest.getAvailability(): When the getAvailability() method is called, the user agent MUST run the steps as the link.

Specifications

Specification
Presentation API # interface-presentationrequest

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
`PresentationRequest` Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote footnote See bug 149168	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote footnote See bug 149168	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote footnote See bug 234081017	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote footnote See bug 149168
`PresentationRequest()` constructor Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote No support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
`connectionavailable` event Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote No support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
`getAvailability` Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote No support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
`reconnect` Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote No support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
Secure context required Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 61 (Release date: 2017-09-05) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox 51 – 60 (Release date: 2017-01-24) footnote Removed in 61 and later	Opera – Full support Opera 48 (Release date: 2017-09-27) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 61 (Release date: 2017-09-05) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android 51 – 68 (Release date: 2017-01-24) footnote Removed in 79 and later	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 45 (Release date: 2018-02-15) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 8 (Release date: 2018-07-18) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote No support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
`start` Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote No support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support

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: Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
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