Credential

{{APIRef("Credential Management API")}}{{securecontext_header}}

The Credential interface of the Credential Management API provides information about an entity (usually a user) normally as a prerequisite to a trust decision.

Credential objects may be of the following types:

• {{domxref("FederatedCredential")}}
• {{domxref("IdentityCredential")}}
• {{domxref("PasswordCredential")}}
• {{domxref("PublicKeyCredential")}}
• {{domxref("OTPCredential")}}

Instance properties

• {{domxref("Credential.id")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
  • : Returns a string containing the credential's identifier. This might be any one of a GUID, username, or email address.
• {{domxref("Credential.type")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
  • : Returns a string containing the credential's type. Valid values are password, federated, public-key, identity and otp. (For {{domxref("PasswordCredential")}}, {{domxref("FederatedCredential")}}, {{domxref("PublicKeyCredential")}}, {{domxref("IdentityCredential")}} and {{domxref("OTPCredential")}})

Static methods

• {{domxref("Credential.isConditionalMediationAvailable_static", "Credential.isConditionalMediationAvailable()")}} {{experimental_inline}}
  • : Returns a {{jsxref("Promise")}} which always resolves to false. Subclasses may override this value.

Examples

const pwdCredential = new PasswordCredential({
  id: "example-username", // Username/ID
  name: "Carina Anand", // Display name
  password: "correct horse battery staple", // Password
});

console.assert(pwdCredential.type === "password");

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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