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# requestAuthorization(for:)

Requests authorization from the user to use the specified kinds of ARKit data.

```
final func requestAuthorization(for authorizationTypes: [ARKitSession.AuthorizationType]) async -> [ARKitSession.AuthorizationType : ARKitSession.AuthorizationStatus]
```

## Parameters

`authorizationTypes`

The types of authorizations your app needs to run.

## Return Value

A dictionary that contains the result of the authorization request for each authorization type you requested.

## Discussion

You can use the [`requiredAuthorizations`](/documentation/ARKit/DataProvider/requiredAuthorizations) property on any of the types that conform to the [`DataProvider`](/documentation/ARKit/DataProvider) protocol to get the list of authorizations specific to that data provider and pass it to this method.

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