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Parses user agent strings and boils it all down to a few simple classifications.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem "browser_sniffer"
And then execute:
$ bundle install
Or install it yourself as:
$ git clone https://github.com/Shopify/browser_sniffer && cd browser_sniffer && bundle install && rake install
require "browser_sniffer"
client_info = BrowserSniffer.new(request.user_agent)
client_info.form_factor # => :tablet
client_info.browser # => :safari
client_info.major_browser_version # => 4
client_info.engine # => :webkit
client_info.major_engine_version # => 531
client_info.os # => :ios
client_info.os_version # => 3.2
Fork, branch & pull request.
Based off UAParser.js
Copyright (c) 2013 Shopify
Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Faisalman fyzlman@gmail.com
Dual licensed under GPLv2 & MIT
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We found that browser_sniffer demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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