Lightning Aura Components Developer Guide

Introducing Aura Components
Quick Start
Creating Components
Using Components
Communicating with Events
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Creating Apps
Styling Apps
Developing Secure Code
Using JavaScript
Supported JavaScript
Invoking Actions on Component Initialization
Sharing JavaScript Code in a Component Bundle
Sharing JavaScript Code Across Components
Using External JavaScript Libraries
Dynamically Creating Components
Detecting Data Changes with Change Handlers
Finding Components by ID
Working with Attribute Values in JavaScript
Working with a Component Body in JavaScript
Working with Events in JavaScript
Modifying the DOM
Checking Component Validity
Modifying Components Outside the Framework Lifecycle
Throwing and Handling Errors
Calling Component Methods
Dynamically Adding Event Handlers To a Component
Dynamically Showing or Hiding Markup
Adding and Removing Styles
Which Button Was Pressed?
Formatting Dates in JavaScript
Using JavaScript Promises
Making API Calls from Components
Control Access to Browser Features
Manage Trusted URLs
Working with Salesforce Data
Testing Components
Debugging
Performance
Reference
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Control Access to Browser Features

To control whether requests to an external (non-Salesforce) server or URL can access the user’s camera and microphone, enable the Permissions-Policy HTTP header. Then select when to allow access to each of these browser features.
Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience
Available in: Contact Manager, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

User Permissions Needed
To modify session security settings: Customize Application
  1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Session Settings, and then select Session Settings.
  2. In the Browser Feature Permissions section, select Include Permissions-Policy HTTP header.
    When this setting is disabled, all external apps and websites loaded from Salesforce can access the user’s camera and microphone.
  3. For Camera and Microphone, select when requests from Salesforce can access the browser feature.
    1. For the most granular control over access to this browser feature, select Trusted URLs Only.
      After you select this recommended setting, specify trusted URLs and the browser features that they can access from the Trusted URLs Setup page.
    2. To grant access to this browser feature for all external apps and websites loaded from Salesforce, select Always.
    3. To block access to the browser feature for all external apps and websites loaded from Salesforce, select Never.
      If you select Never, even scripts from Salesforce domains can’t access the browser feature.
  4. Save your changes.