PublicKeyCredentialRequestOptions.userVerification

userVerification is an optional property of the PublicKeyCredentialRequestOptions. This is a string which indicates how the user verification should be part of the authentication process.

Syntax

userVerification = publicKeyCredentialRequestOptions.userVerification

Value

A string qualifying how the user verification should be part of the authentication process. The values may be:

• "required": user verification is required, the operation will fail if the response does not have the UV flag (as part of AuthenticatorAssertionResponse.authenticatorData)
• "preferred": user verification is prefered, the operation will not fail if the response does not have the UV flag (as part of AuthenticatorAssertionResponse.authenticatorData)
• "discouraged": user verification should not be employed as to minimize the user interaction during the process.

The default value is "preferred".

Examples

var options = {
  userVerification: "preferred",
  challenge: new Uint8Array([/* bytes sent from the server */]),
};

navigator.credentials.get({ "publicKey": options })
    .then(function (credentialInfoAssertion) {
    // send assertion response back to the server
    // to proceed with the control of the credential
}).catch(function (err) {
     console.error(err);
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions.authenticatorSelection whose userVerification property serves the same purpose for credential creation.