JavaScript Window Navigator Object

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In this article, we will show you the properties of the navigator object in JavaScript.

The window.navigator object contains information about the visitor’s browser. A Navigator object can be retrieved using the read-only window.navigator or navigator property.

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List of the navigator properties

  1. Browser platform
  2. Browser language
  3. Is the browser online
  4. Browser cookies
  5. Browser application name
  6. Browser application code name
  7. Browser version
  8. Browser agent

1. Browser platform

Use the navigator.platform to get the browser platform.

const platform = navigator.platform;
console.log(platform);

// Output: Win32

2. Browser language

The navigator.language returns the language.

const language = navigator.language;
console.log(language);

// Output: en-US

3. Is the browser online

Use the navigator.onLine to check if the browser is online or offline. It returns the boolean value.

const onLine = navigator.onLine;
console.log(onLine);

// Output: true

4. Browser cookies

The navigator.cookieEnabled returns true if the cookie is enabled otherwise false.

const cookieEnabled = navigator.cookieEnabled;
console.log(cookieEnabled);

// Output: true

5. Browser application name

Use the navigator.appName to get the browser application name. Netscape is the application name for IE11, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

const appName = navigator.appName;
console.log(appName);

// Output: Netscape

6. Browser application code name

Use the navigator.appCodeName to get the application code name. Mozilla is the application code name for Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, and Opera.

const appCodeName = navigator.appCodeName;
console.log(appCodeName);

// Output: Mozilla

7. Browser version

The navigator.appVersion to get the browser version.

const appVersion = navigator.appVersion;
console.log(appVersion);

// Output: 5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.106 Safari/537.36

8. Browser agent

Use the navigator.userAgent to get the user agent.

const userAgent = navigator.userAgent;
console.log(userAgent);

// Output: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.106 Safari/537.36

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