PushSubscriptionOptions: applicationServerKey property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2023.

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

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The applicationServerKey read-only property of the PushSubscriptionOptions interface contains the public key used by the push server.

Value

A public key your push server uses to send messages to client apps via a push server. This value is part of a signing key pair generated by your application server, and usable with elliptic curve digital signature (ECDSA), over the P-256 curve. If no applicationServerKey member is passed when initialized, it will be set to null.

Examples

In the example below the value of applicationServerKey is printed to the console.

js
navigator.serviceWorker.ready.then((reg) => {
  reg.pushManager.getSubscription().then((subscription) => {
    const options = subscription.options;
    console.log(options.applicationServerKey); // the public key
  });
});

Specifications

Specification
Push API
# dom-pushsubscriptionoptions-applicationserverkey

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
applicationServerKey
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 54 (Release date: 2016-10-12)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 17 (Release date: 2018-04-30)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 44 (Release date: 2016-01-26)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 41 (Release date: 2016-10-25)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 16 (Release date: 2022-09-12)
footnote
footnote Notifications are supported on macOS Ventura and later.
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 54 (Release date: 2016-10-19)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 48 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 41 (Release date: 2016-10-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 16.4 (Release date: 2023-03-27)
footnote
footnote Notifications are supported in web apps saved to the home screen.
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote Notifications are supported in web apps saved to the home screen.

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.