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browser-signature
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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:
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:
dist/browser-signature.m.jsdist/browser-signature.jsdist/browser-signature.modern.jsdist/browser-signature.umd.jsRadom 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:
dist/storage.m.jsdist/storage.jsdist/storage.modern.jsdist/storage.umd.js$ npm install --save browser-signature
import browserSignature from 'browser-signature';
const signature = browserSignature();
console.log("Current Browser Unique Signature: ", signature);
// Result will look like => 'Current Browser Unique Signature: MjY2NjE4Z3AwMThnbXpvbw=='
<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>
const signature = browserSignature();
console.log("Current Browser Unique Signature: ", signature);
// Result will look like => 'Current Browser Unique Signature: MuY1NjE9b3swpTknbXpvbw=='
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'
<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>
const signature = browserSignature();
console.log("Current Browser Unique Signature: ", signature);
// Result will look like => 'Current Browser Unique Signature: po3wmbl6ukeky165ydtaqjqgfn7865gertuxqeydlfn1jixt4idjzd'
Returns: String
FAQs
Browser unique signature (Fingerprint) generator
We found that browser-signature demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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