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browser-user-data
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browser-user-data is a Javascript library that helps you collect common and not-so-common informations about your application user.
| Data | Available |
|---|---|
| Hardware information | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Platform information | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Referrer | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Geolocation | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Connected social media | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Geolocation without permission prompt | :construction: |
| Automatic geocoding | :construction: |
Use the package manager npm to install browser-user-data.
npm i browser-user-data --save
If you are using browser-user-data with Typescript, you can import the package with the import sintax
import * as browserUserData from 'browser-user-data';
The usage will be like this:
browserUserData
.extractData()
.then(data => console.log(data))
The above method will for permission to collect the user Geolocation. If you don't need, just pass the extractLocation atribute of the configuration object has false:
browserUserData
.extractData({
extractLocation: false
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
This is the complete output:
{
"connectedSocialMedias": [
"Google",
"Facebook",
"Twitter"
],
"location": {
"latitude": -59.86851,
"longitude": -144.17642
},
"referrer": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/browser-user-data",
"platform": {
"name": "Chrome",
"version": "84.0.4147.125",
"layout": "Blink",
"os": {
"architecture": 64,
"family": "Windows",
"version": "10"
},
"description": "Chrome 84.0.4147.125 on Windows 10 64-bit",
"product": null,
"manufacturer": null
},
"hardware": {
"vendor": "Google Inc.",
"renderer": "ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)",
"screenWidth": 2560,
"screenHeight": 1080,
"battery": {
"level": 1,
"charging": true
}
}
}
| Caio Rolla |
| caio.cesar.rolla@gmail.com |
| You don't need state management if you use global variables. :bug: |
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
FAQs
Get all available informations about your application user.
We found that browser-user-data 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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