---
title: "requestAuthorization(completionHandler:)"
framework: SafetyKit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
platforms: [iOS 16.0+, iPadOS 16.0+, Mac Catalyst 16.0+, macOS 13.0+, watchOS 10.1+]
path: "safetykit/sacrashdetectionmanager/requestauthorization(completionhandler:)"
---

# requestAuthorization(completionHandler:)

Requests permission to access Crash Detection information.

## Declaration

```swift
func requestAuthorization(completionHandler handler: @escaping @Sendable (SAAuthorizationStatus, (any Error)?) -> Void)
```

```swift
func requestAuthorization() async throws -> SAAuthorizationStatus
```

## Parameters

- `handler`: The completion handler invoked with the status of the authorization request.

## Discussion

Discussion important: You can call this method from synchronous code using a completion handler, as shown on this page, or you can call it as an asynchronous method that has the following declaration: func requestAuthorization() async throws -> SAAuthorizationStatus For information about concurrency and asynchronous code in Swift, see Calling Objective-C APIs Asynchronously. This method requests a person to authorize your app to receive Crash Detection events. Before requesting authorization, verify that your app already has authorization by verifying that authorizationStatus is true.

## See Also

### Requesting authorization

- [delegate](safetykit/sacrashdetectionmanager/delegate.md)