I am developing a Chrome extension, and I need to detect which operating system Chrome is running on but i can't seem to find any info on how to do it. Please Help. Thank You.
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Recently added, you can use the getPlatformInfo method in Chrome's own API:
chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo(function(info) {
// Display host OS in the console
console.log(info.os);
});
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Troggy
Note that it won't work in content script
You would need to search for OS name and version inside window.navigator.appVersion.
If you just want to know a platform, see this answer. You can enhance the code by searching for other user agents.
Here is a detailed list of Chrome user agent strings (click on links to see what they mean).
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resu
I'd rather use
navigator.platformI guess navigator.platform would be more suitable but for me the following script that I often use based on navigator.platform suffices:
const ua = navigator.userAgent
const getBrowser = (): 'Opera' | 'Chrome' | 'Firefox' | 'Safari' | 'IE' | 'Edge' | 'Unknown' | undefined => {
if (ua.indexOf('Opera') > -1) {
return 'Opera'
}
if (ua.indexOf('Chrome') > -1) {
return 'Chrome'
}
if (ua.indexOf('Firefox') > -1) {
return 'Firefox'
}
if (ua.indexOf('Safari') > -1) {
return 'Safari'
}
if (ua.indexOf('MSIE') > -1) {
return 'IE'
}
if (ua.indexOf('Trident') > -1) {
return 'IE'
}
if (ua.indexOf('Edge' || 'Chrome') > -1) {
return 'Edge'
}
return 'Unknown'
}
const getOS = (): 'Windows' | 'Mac' | 'Linux' | 'Android' | 'iOS' | 'Unknown' => {
if (ua.indexOf('Windows') > -1) {
return 'Windows'
}
if (ua.indexOf('Mac') > -1) {
return 'Mac'
}
if (ua.indexOf('Linux') > -1) {
return 'Linux'
}
if (ua.indexOf('Android') > -1) {
return 'Android'
}
if (ua.indexOf('iPhone') > -1) {
return 'iOS'
}
if (ua.indexOf('iPad') > -1) {
return 'iOS'
}
if (ua.indexOf('iPod') > -1) {
return 'iOS'
}
return 'Unknown'
}
export { getBrowser, getOS }
