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https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js
A platform detection library.
https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js
detection platform user-agent
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A platform detection library.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js
- Owner: bestiejs
- License: mit
- Archived: true
- Created: 2011-05-25T18:40:10.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-09-29T05:09:38.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-19T02:03:37.035Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: detection, platform, user-agent
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://mths.be/platform
- Size: 3.87 MB
- Stars: 3,209
- Watchers: 81
- Forks: 407
- Open Issues: 34
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Platform.js v1.3.6
A platform detection library that works on nearly all JavaScript platforms.
## Disclaimer
Platform.js is for informational purposes only & **not** intended as a substitution for feature detection/inference checks.
## Documentation
* [doc/README.md](https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js/blob/master/doc/README.md#readme)
* [wiki/Changelog](https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js/wiki/Changelog)
* [wiki/Roadmap](https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js/wiki/Roadmap)
* [platform.js demo](https://bestiejs.github.io/platform.js/) (See also [whatsmyua.info](https://www.whatsmyua.info/) for comparisons between platform.js and other platform detection libraries)
## Installation
In a browser:
```html
```
In an AMD loader:
```js
require(['platform'], function(platform) {/*…*/});
```
Using npm:
```shell
$ npm i --save platform
```
In Node.js:
```js
var platform = require('platform');
```
Usage example:
```js
// on IE10 x86 platform preview running in IE7 compatibility mode on Windows 7 64 bit edition
platform.name; // 'IE'
platform.version; // '10.0'
platform.layout; // 'Trident'
platform.os; // 'Windows Server 2008 R2 / 7 x64'
platform.description; // 'IE 10.0 x86 (platform preview; running in IE 7 mode) on Windows Server 2008 R2 / 7 x64'
// or on an iPad
platform.name; // 'Safari'
platform.version; // '5.1'
platform.product; // 'iPad'
platform.manufacturer; // 'Apple'
platform.layout; // 'WebKit'
platform.os; // 'iOS 5.0'
platform.description; // 'Safari 5.1 on Apple iPad (iOS 5.0)'
// or parsing a given UA string
var info = platform.parse('Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7.2; en; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0 Opera 11.52');
info.name; // 'Opera'
info.version; // '11.52'
info.layout; // 'Presto'
info.os; // 'Mac OS X 10.7.2'
info.description; // 'Opera 11.52 (identifying as Firefox 4.0) on Mac OS X 10.7.2'
```
## Support
Tested in Chrome 82-83, Firefox 77-78, IE 11, Edge 82-83, Safari 12-13, Node.js 4-14, & PhantomJS 2.1.1.
## BestieJS
Platform.js is part of the BestieJS *“Best in Class”* module collection. This means we promote solid browser/environment support, ES5+ precedents, unit testing, & plenty of documentation.