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<article><h2>Bowser</h2><p>A Browser detector. Because sometimes, there is no other way, and not even good modern browsers always provide good feature detection mechanisms.</p>
<li><ahref="#contributing">How can I help?</a></li>
</ul>
<h1>Overview</h1><p>The library is made to help to detect what browser your user has and gives you a convenient API
to filter the users somehow depending on their browsers.</p>
<h1>Overview</h1><p>The library is made to help to detect what browser your user has and gives you a convenient API to filter the users somehow depending on their browsers.</p>
<p><em>Please, note that this is an alpha version. Check out the <ahref="https://github.com/lancedikson/bowser/tree/v1.x">1.x</a> branch for a stable version.</em></p>
<p><strong>Changes of the 2.0</strong>
The upcoming 2.0 version has drastically changed API. All available methods can be found in the <code>docs</code> folder from now on and on a webpage soon.</p>
<h1>Use cases</h1><p>First of all, require the library:</p>
<preclass="prettyprint source"><code>const Bowser = require('bowser');</code></pre><h2>Browser props detection</h2><p>Often we need to pick users' browser properties such as the name,
the version, the rendering engine and so on. Here is an example how to make it with Bowser:</p>
<preclass="prettyprint source"><code>const browser = new Bowser(window.navigator.userAgent);
<preclass="prettyprint source lang-javascript"><code>const bowser = require('bowser');</code></pre><p>By default, <code>require('bowser')</code> requires the <em>ES6 version of files</em>, which
<strong>do not</strong> include any polyfills.</p>
<p>In case if you don't use your own <code>babel-polyfill</code> you may need to have pre-built bundle with all needed polyfills.
So, for you it's suitable to require bowser like this: <code>require('bowser/bundled')</code>.
As the result, you get a ES5 version of bowser with <code>babel-polyfill</code> bundled together.</p>
<p>If you use bowser for Node.js, you'd better use <code>require('bowser/es5')</code>,
since source files have <code>import</code> statements, which are not compatible with Node.js yet.</p>
<h2>Browser props detection</h2><p>Often we need to pick users' browser properties such as the name, the version, the rendering engine and so on. Here is an example how to make it with Bowser:</p>
}</code></pre><h2>Filtering browsers</h2><p>You could want to filter some particular browsers to provide any special
support for them or make any workarounds.
}</code></pre><h2>Filtering browsers</h2><p>You could want to filter some particular browsers to provide any special support for them or make any workarounds.
It could look like this:</p>
<preclass="prettyprint source"><code>const browser = new Bowser(window.navigator.userAgent);
});</code></pre><p>Settings for any particular OS has more priority and redefines settings of standalone browsers.</p>
<h3>new Bowser(<code>:Object</code>)</h3><p>Use it to get object with detected flags of your current browser.</p>
<h3>bowser._detect(ua <code>:String</code>)<code>:Object</code></h3><p>Use it to get object with detected flags from User Agent string.</p>
<h3>bowser.check(minVersions<code>:Object</code>, strictMode<code>:Boolean</code>, [ua]<code>:String</code>)<code>:Boolean</code></h3><p>Use it to check if browser is supported. In default non-strict mode any browser family not present in <code>minVersions</code> will pass the check (like Chrome in the third call in the sample bellow). When strict mode is enabled then any not specified browser family in <code>minVersions</code> will cause <code>check</code> to return <code>false</code> (in the sample it is the fourth call, the last one).</p>
bowser.check({chrome: "45"}, true, window.navigator.userAgent); // false</code></pre><h3>bowser.compareVersions(versions<code>:Array<String></code>)<code>:Number</code></h3><p>Use it to compare two versions.</p>
// -1</code></pre><h3>bowser.isUnsupportedBrowser(minVersions<code>:Object</code>, [strictMode]<code>:Boolean</code>, [ua]<code>:string</code>)<code>:Boolean</code></h3><p>Use it to check if browser is unsupported.</p>
// true / false</code></pre><p>See more examples in <ahref="test/test.js">tests</a>.</p>
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<h2>Bowser Flags</h2><p>Your mileage may vary, but these flags should be set. See Contributing below.</p>
<preclass="prettyprint source lang-js"><code>alert('Hello ' + bowser.name + ' ' + bowser.version);</code></pre><h3>All detected browsers</h3><p>These flags are set for all detected browsers:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>name</code> - A human readable name for this browser. E.g. 'Chrome', ''</li>
<li><code>version</code> - Version number for the browser. E.g. '32.0'</li>
</ul>
<p>For unknown browsers, Bowser makes a best guess from the UA string. So, these may not be set.</p>
<h3>Rendering engine flags</h3><p>If detected, one of these flags may be set to true:</p>
<p>Safari, Chrome and some other minor browsers will report that they have <code>webkit</code> engines.
Firefox and Seamonkey will report that they have <code>gecko</code> engines.</p>
<p>For all detected browsers the browser version is set in the <code>version</code> field.</p>
<h3>OS Flags</h3><p>If detected, one of these flags may be set to true:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>mac</code></li>
<li><code>windows</code> - other than Windows Phone</li>
<li><code>windowsphone</code></li>
<li><code>linux</code> - other than <code>android</code>, <code>chromeos</code>, <code>webos</code>, <code>tizen</code>, and <code>sailfish</code></li>
<li><code>chromeos</code></li>
<li><code>android</code></li>
<li><code>ios</code> - also sets one of <code>iphone</code>/<code>ipad</code>/<code>ipod</code></li>
<li><code>blackberry</code></li>
<li><code>firefoxos</code></li>
<li><code>webos</code> - may also set <code>touchpad</code></li>
<li><code>bada</code></li>
<li><code>tizen</code></li>
<li><code>sailfish</code></li>
</ul>
<p><code>osversion</code> may also be set:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>osversion</code> - for Android, iOS, MacOS, Windows, Windows Phone, WebOS, Bada, and Tizen. If included in UA string.</li>
</ul>
<p>iOS is always reported as <code>ios</code> and additionally as <code>iphone</code>/<code>ipad</code>/<code>ipod</code>, whichever one matches best.
If WebOS device is an HP TouchPad the flag <code>touchpad</code> is additionally set.</p>
<h3>Browser capability grading</h3><p>One of these flags may be set:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>a</code> - This browser has full capabilities</li>
<li><code>c</code> - This browser has degraded capabilities. Serve simpler version</li>
<li><code>x</code> - This browser has minimal capabilities and is probably not well detected.</li>
</ul>
<p>There is no <code>b</code>. For unknown browsers, none of these flags may be set.</p>
}</code></pre><h3>Contributing</h3><p>If you'd like to contribute a change to bowser, modify the files in <code>src/</code>, then run the following (you'll need node + npm installed):</p>
});</code></pre><p>Settings for any particular OS or platform has more priority and redefines settings of standalone browsers.
Thus, you can define OS or platform specific rules and they will have more priority in the end.</p>
<p>More of API and possibilities you will find in the <code>docs</code> folder.</p>
<h1>Contributing</h1><p>If you'd like to contribute a change to bowser, modify the files in <code>src/</code>, then run the following (you'll need node + npm installed):</p>
$ make test</code></pre><p>Please do not check-in the built files <code>bowser.js</code> and <code>bowser.min.js</code> in pull requests.</p>
<h3>Adding tests</h3><p>See the list in <code>src/useragents.js</code> with example user agents and their expected bowser object.</p>
$ npm test</code></pre><h3>Adding tests</h3><p>See the list in <code>test/acceptance/useragentstrings.yml</code> with example user agents and their expected bowser object.</p>
<p>Whenever you add support for new browsers or notice a bug / mismatch, please update the list and
check if all tests are still passing.</p>
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