Features restricted to secure contexts
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This reference lists the web platform features available only in secure contexts — see Secure Contexts for a definition and more details.
Current features available only in secure contexts
This section lists APIs that specifications make available only in secure contexts.
- Async Clipboard API
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{{domxref("Device Memory API", "", "", "nocode")}}- Device Orientation / Device Motion
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- Encrypted Media Extensions
{{domxref("File System API", "", "", "nocode")}}- Generic Sensor API
{{domxref("Gamepad API", "", "", "nocode")}}{{domxref("Geolocation API", "", "", "nocode")}}{{domxref("Idle Detection API", "", "", "nocode")}}{{domxref("Keyboard API", "", "", "nocode")}}{{domxref("Local Font Access API", "", "", "nocode")}}- Notifications API
{{domxref("Payment Handler API", "", "", "nocode")}}- Payment Request API
- Presentation API
- Push API
- Reporting API
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{{domxref("Shared Storage API", "", "", "nocode")}}- Storage API
{{domxref("VirtualKeyboard API", "", "", "nocode")}}- Web Authentication API
- Web Bluetooth
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{{domxref("Web NFC API", "", "", "nocode")}}- Web Crypto API
{{domxref("WebCodecs API", "", "", "nocode")}}- WebGPU API
{{domxref("WebHID API", "", "", "nocode")}}{{domxref("WebOTP API", "", "", "nocode")}}{{domxref("WebTransport API", "", "", "nocode")}}{{domxref("WebUSB API", "", "", "nocode")}}{{domxref("WebXR Device API", "", "", "nocode")}}- Web Share API
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In addition, the following methods require a secure context (even if the associated API does not):