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browser-signature

Browser unique signature (Fingerprint) generator


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Browser Signature

Browser unique signature (Fingerprint) generator

This is a simple and tiny (<1kb) package for generating unique user browser signature or fingerprint.

The package allow you to identify user online using their browser unique signature

The package have two implementations:

  1. Browser unique fingerprint or signature generation using the hash of browser mimeTypes count + userAgent string length + global properties count + screen property values.

    Available in four formats:

  • ES Module: dist/browser-signature.m.js
  • CommonJS: dist/browser-signature.js
  • ModernJS: dist/browser-signature.modern.js
  • UMD: dist/browser-signature.umd.js
  1. Radom String generation and persisting in the browser local storage. The same string is return every time by the package from the local storage.

    Available in four formats:

  • ES Module: dist/storage.m.js
  • CommonJS: dist/storage.js
  • ModernJS: dist/storage.modern.js
  • UMD: dist/storage.umd.js

Install

$ npm install --save browser-signature

Usage with Device Unique Features

import browserSignature from 'browser-signature';

const signature = browserSignature();

console.log("Current Browser Unique Signature: ", signature);
 // Result will look like => 'Current Browser Unique Signature: MjY2NjE4Z3AwMThnbXpvbw=='

From CDN

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/browser-signature@1.0.5/dist/browser-signature.umd.js" ></script>
or
<script src="https://unpkg.com/browser-signature@1.0.5/dist/browser-signature.umd.js"></script>

From CDN Usage


const signature = browserSignature();

console.log("Current Browser Unique Signature: ", signature);
 // Result will look like => 'Current Browser Unique Signature: MuY1NjE9b3swpTknbXpvbw=='

Usage with Local Storage Implementation

import browserSignature from 'browser-signature/dist/storage';

const signature = browserSignature();

console.log("Current Browser Unique Signature: ", signature);
 // Result will look like => 'Current Browser Unique Signature: po3wmbl6ukeky165ydtaqjqgfn7865gertuxqeydlfn1jixt4idjzd'

From CDN

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/browser-signature@1.0.5/dist/storage.umd.js" ></script>
or
<script src="https://unpkg.com/browser-signature@1.0.5/dist/storage.umd.js"></script>

From CDN Usage


const signature = browserSignature();

console.log("Current Browser Unique Signature: ", signature);
 // Result will look like => 'Current Browser Unique Signature: po3wmbl6ukeky165ydtaqjqgfn7865gertuxqeydlfn1jixt4idjzd'

API

browserSignature()

Returns: String

License

MIT © Hammed Olalekan Osanyinpeju

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Last updated on 26 Dec 2022

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