vlewin/browser-detect

Simplify detecting your browser.

browser-detect

Simplify detecting your browser.

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This library helps you detect user's browser and version.
And this project is focusing to support client and server(Node).

Getting Started

Installation

* NPM

$ npm install browser-detect --save

* Bower

$ bower install browser-catch --save

* Yarn

$ yarn add browser-detect

* Download zip

Download zip file from this link

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How to use

Client (browser)

Add following code in your head tag.

<script src="node_modules/browser-detect/dist/browser-detect.min.js"></script>

And follow this code to detect browser.

var result = browser();
console.log(result);

> { name: 'chrome', version: '58.0.3029', versionNumber: 58.03029, mobile: false, os: 'Windows NT 10.0' } # Chrome v58.0.3029

Server (node)

Just simple

var browser = require('browser-detect');
var result = browser();
console.log(result);

> { name: 'node', version: '7.9.0', versionNumber: 7.9, mobile: false, os: 'win32' } # Node v7.9

Server (node with express)

Using req.headers like following code.

var router = express.Router();
var browser = require('browser-detect');

router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
    var result = browser(req.headers['user-agent']);
    console.log(result);
});

return router;

> { name: 'ie', version: '9.0', versionNumber: 9, mobile: false, os: 'Windows NT 10.0' } # IE 9

Or set a middleware and send to res.locals.

// browserDetectMiddleware.js
var browser = require('browser-detect');

var MiddleWare = function() {
    return function (req, res, next) {
        res.locals.browser = browser(req.headers['user-agent']);
        next();
    };
};

module.exports = MiddleWare;

// app.js

const express = require('express');
const browserDetectMiddleware = require('./browserDetectMiddleware');

let app = express();
app.use(browserDetectMiddleware())

View will can access browser variable.

<!-- view.ejs -->

<%=JSON.stringify(browser)%>

> { name: 'firefox', version: '53.0.0', versionNumber: 53, mobile: false, os: 'Windows NT 10.0' } // Firefox v 53.0.0

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Values

• name

  Name of browser such as ie, chrome, firefox.

• version

  Version of browser with comma (string).

• versionNumber

  Version of browser of which format is only number.

• mobile

  If browser is based mobile device it will be true, and if is not false.

• os

  User OS type such as Windows NT 10.0.

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Try with an example

Client

• Open examples/client.html by your browser.

Server

• Open command or terminal.
• Move directory to browser-detect path that you download.
• Type following code.

$ node ./examples/server.js

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Features

• Detect browser both compatible client and server.
• Support AMD and CommonJS module feature.

Completed

• Support typings.
• Support guideline and documentations for contributors.
• Support browser compatity to IE7.
• Support to detect mobile and OS.

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Plan for near near, very near future.

• Support Webpack2.x. (Including build process with reactjs or angular4.x)
• Support TDD. (Mocha)
• Support CI. (TravisCI)
• Suport CDN. (JSDelivr)

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Compatibility

Test completed

• IE 7+
• Chrome (Windows, MacOS)
• Edge
• Firefox
• Safari (Windows, MacOS)
• Opera
• Android
• Chromium Browsers (Will be named chrome)

Expected

• IOS
• Window phone (Edge)
• IE 6

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Contribution

Setting environment for contribute

1. Install project from GitHub.

$ git clone https://github.com/KennethanCeyer/browser-detect.git

2. Install all modules from NPM.

$ cd browser-detect
$ npm install

3. Install gulp.

$ npm install gulp -g

4. Build sources

$ gulp