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Detect the operating system (os), browser and browser version without relying on depreciated ways.
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const navigatorErrorMessage = 'Could not find `userAgent` or `userAgentData` window.navigator properties to set `os`, `browser` and `version`' | |
const removeExcessMozillaAndVersion = /^mozilla\/\d\.\d\W/ | |
const browserPattern = /(\w+)\/(\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:\.\d+)?)/g | |
const engineAndVersionPattern = /^(ver|cri|gec)/ | |
const userAgentData = window.navigator.userAgentData | |
const userAgent = window.navigator.userAgent | |
const unknown = 'Unknown' | |
const empty = '' | |
const brandList = ['chrome', 'opera', 'safari', 'edge', 'firefox'] | |
const mobiles = { | |
iphone: /iphone/, | |
ipad: /ipad|macintosh/, | |
android: /android/ | |
} | |
const desktops = { | |
windows: /win/, | |
mac: /macintosh/, | |
linux: /linux/ | |
} | |
const detectPlatform = () => { | |
if (userAgent) { | |
const ua = userAgent.toLowerCase().replace(removeExcessMozillaAndVersion, empty) | |
// Determine the operating system. | |
const mobileOS = Object.keys(mobiles).find(os => mobiles[os].test(ua) && window.navigator.maxTouchPoints >= 1) | |
const desktopOS = Object.keys(desktops).find(os => desktops[os].test(ua)) | |
const os = mobileOS || desktopOS | |
// Extract browser and version information. | |
const browserTest = ua.match(browserPattern) | |
const browserOffset = browserTest && (browserTest.length > 2 && !(engineAndVersionPattern.test(browserTest[1])) ? 1 : 0) | |
const browserResult = browserTest && browserTest[browserTest.length - 1 - (browserOffset || 0)].split('/') | |
const browser = browserResult && browserResult[0] | |
const version = browserResult && browserResult[1] | |
return { os, browser, version } | |
} else if (userAgentData) { | |
const os = userAgentData.platform.toLowerCase() | |
let platformData | |
// Extract platform brand and version information. | |
for (const agentBrand of userAgentData.brands) { | |
const agentBrandEntry = agentBrand.brand.toLowerCase() | |
const foundBrand = brandList.find(brand => { //eslint-disable-line | |
if (agentBrandEntry.includes(brand)) { | |
return brand | |
} | |
}) | |
if (foundBrand) { | |
platformData = { browser: foundBrand, version: agentBrand.version } | |
break | |
} | |
} | |
const brandVersionData = platformData || { browser: unknown, version: unknown } | |
return { os, ...brandVersionData } | |
} else { | |
// Log error message if there's a problem. | |
console | |
.error(navigatorErrorMessage) | |
return { | |
// Ignore the VSCode strikethough. Disable linting line if necessary. This is just a fallback | |
os: navigator.platform || unknown, | |
browser: unknown, | |
version: unknown | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
export default detectPlatform |
For anyone encountering problems please raise issues on https://github.com/julienetie/detect-browser
PRs are welcomed.
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Thanks,
I've moved this script to a github repository. I'll look into it sometime in the week.
I may need your help testing for that particular version son.