Secure context
This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
getClientExtensionResults() is a method of the PublicKeyCredential interface that returns an ArrayBuffer which contains a map between the extensions identifiers and their results after having being processed by the client.
During the creation or fetching of a PublicKeyCredential (respectively via navigator.credentials.create() and navigator.credentials.get()), it is possible to have "custom" processing by the client for different extensions which are respectively given by PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions.extensions and PublicKeyCredentialRequestOptions.extensions.
Note: Extensions are optional and different browsers may recognize different extensions. All extensions are optional for the client to process them: if a browser does not know of a given extension, that will not cause any failure.
Note: This method may only be used in top-level contexts and will not be available in an <iframe> for example.
Syntax
mapArrayBuffer = publicKeyCredential.getClientExtensionResults()
Parameters
None.
Return value
An ArrayBuffer containing the result of the processing of the different extensions by the client. This object contains a map between the extensions' identifiers and their results from the processing.
Warning! As of March 2019, only appId (used during creation with PublicKeyCredentialRequestOptions.extensions) is supported by Chrome and Edge. Firefox does not seem to support any extension.
Examples
var publicKey = {
// Here are the extensions (as "inputs")
extensions: {
"loc": true, // This extension has been defined to include location information in attestation
"uvi": true // user verification index: how the user was verified
},
challenge: new Uint8Array(16) /* from the server */,
rp: {
name: "Example CORP",
id : "login.example.com"
},
user: {
id: new Uint8Array(16) /* from the server */,
name: "jdoe@example.com",
displayName: "John Doe"
},
pubKeyCredParams: [
{
type: "public-key",
alg: -7
}
]
};
navigator.credentials.create({ publicKey })
.then(function (newCredentialInfo) {
var myBuffer = newCredentialInfo.getClientExtensionResults();
// myBuffer will contain the result of any of the processing of the "loc" and "uvi" extensions
}).catch(function (err) {
console.error(err);
});
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 1 The definition of 'getClientExtensionResults()' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
getClientExtensionResults | Chrome
Full support
67
| Edge Full support 18 | Firefox
Full support
60
| IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari Full support 13 | WebView Android Full support 70 | Chrome Android Full support 70 | Firefox Android
Full support
60
| Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS Full support 13.3 | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
See also
- The list of the currently defined extensions
AuthenticatorAssertionResponse.authenticatorDatawhich contains the result of the authenticator's extensions processingPublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions.extensionswhich contains the client extensions' input values for the creation of the credentialPublicKeyCredentialRequestOptions.extensionswhich contains the client extensions' input values for the retrieval of the credential
