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How to detect timeout of user location permission if user didn't make decision after 3 seconds? – Javascript

I want to do tasks after the user makes no decision on the location’s permission. I have tried the following:

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition((pos) => {
    let lat = pos.coords.latitude;
    let long = pos.coords.longitude;
    console.log(lat, long);
    console.log("User granted permission");
}, (error) => {
    console.error(error);
    console.error("User didn't grant permission");
}, {
    timeout: 3000,
    maximumAge: 3000,
    enableHighAccuracy: true
});

I have set timeout and maximumAge attributes to 3000 ms, but it didn’t work anymore. The error will only be triggered if the user closes the permission pop-up. How can I detect if the user makes no decision after 3 seconds? Thank you.

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  1. 0

    You can add setTimeout call before getCurrentPosition and clear timeoutID if the user does something:

    var timeoutID = window.setTimeout(() => {
    console.log('user makes no decision');
    // do 1
}, 3000);

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition((pos) => {
    timeoutID && window.clearTimeout(timeoutID);
    // do 2
}, (error) => {
    timeoutID && window.clearTimeout(timeoutID);
    // do 3
}, {});
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  2. 0

    With some code updates you can achieve it, like thus way

    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
  (pos) => {
    // Handle successful geolocation request
    let lat = pos.coords.latitude;
    let long = pos.coords.longitude;
    console.log(lat, long);
    console.log("User granted permission");
  },
  (error) => {
    if (error.code === error.TIMEOUT) {
      console.error("Timeout error: User didn't grant permission within the specified time");
    } else {
      console.error(error);
      console.error("User didn't grant permission");
    }
  },
  { timeout: 3000, maximumAge: 3000, enableHighAccuracy: true }
);
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