Browser detection in JavaScript?
I recommend using the tiny javascript library Bowser. It is based on the navigator.userAgent and quite well tested for all browsers including iphone, android etc.
https://github.com/ded/bowser
You can use simply say:
if (bowser.msie && bowser.version <= 6) {
alert('Hello IE');
} else if (bowser.firefox){
alert('Hello Foxy');
} else if (bowser.chrome){
alert('Hello Chrome');
} else if (bowser.safari){
alert('Hello Safari');
} else if(bowser.iphone || bowser.android){
alert('Hello mobile');
}
navigator.saysWho = (() => {
const { userAgent } = navigator
let match = userAgent.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie|trident(?=\/))\/?\s*(\d+)/i) || []
let temp
if (/trident/i.test(match[1])) {
temp = /\brv[ :]+(\d+)/g.exec(userAgent) || []
return `IE ${temp[1] || ''}`
}
if (match[1] === 'Chrome') {
temp = userAgent.match(/\b(OPR|Edge)\/(\d+)/)
if (temp !== null) {
return temp.slice(1).join(' ').replace('OPR', 'Opera')
}
temp = userAgent.match(/\b(Edg)\/(\d+)/)
if (temp !== null) {
return temp.slice(1).join(' ').replace('Edg', 'Edge (Chromium)')
}
}
match = match[2] ? [ match[1], match[2] ] : [ navigator.appName, navigator.appVersion, '-?' ]
temp = userAgent.match(/version\/(\d+)/i)
if (temp !== null) {
match.splice(1, 1, temp[1])
}
return match.join(' ')
})()
console.log(navigator.saysWho) // outputs: `Chrome 89`As the name implies, this will tell you the name and version number supplied by the browser.
It is handy for sorting test and error results, when you are testing new code on multiple browsers.