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Node.js Express - Mobile detection
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app.get('/', function(req, res){
var ua = req.header('user-agent');
if(/mobile/i.test(ua)) {
res.render('mobile.html');
} else {
res.render('desktop.html');
}
});
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sri-rang commented Jan 25, 2012

Perfect, thanks!

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pribeh commented Jan 31, 2013

Thanks a bunch for the snippet. Any way to do detection beyond simply mobile via express? Say, phone vs tablet?

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zwigby commented May 19, 2013

You could break out the user agent even more to tell you more specifically what OS. Similar to detection like, http://www.labnol.org/tech/ipad-user-agent-string/13230/.

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jm921106 commented Sep 21, 2016 •
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where is /mobile/i.test() from ???

javascript ? jquery ?

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gandhirahul commented Aug 31, 2017

Simple and Precise. Thanks :)
@jm921106 That is native javascript.You can read more about it here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp/test

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