Web Share API

E856230
Browser API Web API Web platform feature

The Web Share API is a web platform feature that lets websites invoke a device’s native sharing capabilities to share text, links, and files with other apps.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Web Share Target API 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Browser API ⓘ
Web API ⓘ
Web platform feature ⓘ
allows invoking native sharing capabilities ⓘ
belongsToCategory Device integration APIs ⓘ
definedIn Web Share API specification NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor mobile web browsers ⓘ
progressive web apps ⓘ
documentationURL https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Navigator/share ⓘ
https://wicg.github.io/web-share/ ⓘ
enables sharing files to messaging apps ⓘ
sharing from web to native apps ⓘ
sharing links to social apps ⓘ
exposesMethod navigator.canShare ⓘ
navigator.share ⓘ
featureDetectableVia "navigator.canShare" in navigator GENERATED ⓘ
"navigator.share" in navigator GENERATED ⓘ
hasVersion Level 1 ⓘ
Level 2 ⓘ
implementedIn Chrome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samsung Internet NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratesWith device native share sheet ⓘ
level2Adds file sharing support ⓘ
limitations file types may be restricted by platform ⓘ
maximum payload size may be constrained by platform ⓘ
notFullySupportedIn Firefox NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Web Platform NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryGoal enable cross-app content sharing from web pages ⓘ
privacyCharacteristic does not reveal available share targets to website ⓘ
relatedTo Web Share Target API NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires HTTPS ⓘ
secure context ⓘ
user gesture to invoke share ⓘ
runsIn web browser ⓘ
securityModel user-initiated share only ⓘ
standardizedBy W3C NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports sharing URLs ⓘ
sharing files ⓘ
sharing text ⓘ
supportsPlatform Android ⓘ
desktop operating systems ⓘ
iOS ⓘ
uses Promise-based asynchronous interface ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Open Web Platform → hasComponent → Web Share API ⓘ
W3C Web Application technologies → includesStandard → Web Share API ⓘ
Chrome Web Platform features → includesAPI → Web Share API ⓘ
Chrome Web Platform features → includesAPI → Web Share API ⓘ
this entity surface form: Web Share Target API