Detect if web application is opened in outlook-add-in

Question

I'm struggeling to check if my hosted web application is opened by a browser or in the Outlook 2013/2016 client.

I have one web application, which must provide different features for users in a browser and in the Outlook 2013/2016 sandboxed iframe.

My approach

with AngularJS in the mainController:

$rootScope.isIFrame = false;
if (window.location !== window.parent.location) {
  // The page is in an iframe
  $rootScope.isIFrame = true;
};
$log.debug('isIFrame: ' + $rootScope.isIFrame);

i hate to suggest this, but maybe checking navigator.userAgent would suit your needs. — dandavis
– dandavis, Commented Jan 21, 2016 at 22:29
do you have an idea which useragent is used by outlooks sandboxed iframe? — Konstantin Kreft
– Konstantin Kreft, Commented Jan 21, 2016 at 22:38
no, just dump it out to the screen with js: document.body.innerHTML=navigator.userAgent — dandavis
– dandavis, Commented Jan 21, 2016 at 22:42

lgaud · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-22 17:37:12Z

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Check out Office.context.mailbox.diagnostics.hostName:

Gets a string that represents the name of the host application. A string that can be one of the following values: Outlook, Mac Outlook or OutlookWebApp.

answered Jan 22, 2016 at 17:37

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