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# requestAuthorization(for:)

Requests authorization for the given input capabilities, prompting the user for
any capability whose status is [`FoveatedStreamingSession.AuthorizationStatus.notDetermined`](/documentation/FoveatedStreaming/FoveatedStreamingSession/AuthorizationStatus/notDetermined).

```
@MainActor final func requestAuthorization(for inputCapabilities: Set<FoveatedStreamingSession.InputCapability>? = nil) async -> [FoveatedStreamingSession.InputCapability : FoveatedStreamingSession.AuthorizationStatus]
```

## Parameters

`inputCapabilities`

The capabilities to authorize.  When `nil` (the default), the session’s [`requestedInputCapabilities`](/documentation/FoveatedStreaming/FoveatedStreamingSession/requestedInputCapabilities) are used.

## Return Value

A dictionary mapping each requested capability to its authorization status
following the prompt.

## Discussion

Use this method to drive authorization prompts ahead of [`connect(endpoint:)`](/documentation/FoveatedStreaming/FoveatedStreamingSession/connect(endpoint:)) so
apps that want to surface their own pre-flight UI can do so.  At
[`connect(endpoint:)`](/documentation/FoveatedStreaming/FoveatedStreamingSession/connect(endpoint:)) time the framework also calls this method automatically
for [`requestedInputCapabilities`](/documentation/FoveatedStreaming/FoveatedStreamingSession/requestedInputCapabilities).

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