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The task is detect the operating system of User with the help of JavaScript. we’re going to discuss few techniques.

Approach:

  • Access the navigator.appVersion or navigator.userAgent property.
  • Get the index of the OS using indexOf() method.
  • If index is other than -1, then it is the OS, that we are looking for.

Example 1: In this example, navigator.appVersion property is used to get the OS.




<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        JavaScript 
      | Detecting the Operating System of User.
    </title>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center;" id="body">
    <h1 style="color:green;">  
            GeeksForGeeks
        </h1>
    <p id="GFG_UP"
       style="font-size: 19px; 
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <button onclick="GFG_Fun()">
        click here
    </button>
    <p id="GFG_DOWN" 
       style="color: green; 
              font-size: 24px; 
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <script>
        HTMLDocument.prototype.e = document.getElementById;
        var el_up = document.e("GFG_UP");
        var el_down = document.e("GFG_DOWN");
        el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to get the OS of User's System.";
        var Name = "Not known";
        if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win") != -1) Name = 
          "Windows OS";
        if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac") != -1) Name = 
          "MacOS";
        if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("X11") != -1) Name = 
          "UNIX OS";
        if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Linux") != -1) Name = 
          "Linux OS";
  
        function GFG_Fun() {
            el_down.innerHTML = Name;
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

  • Before clicking on the button:
  • After clicking on the button:

Example 2: In this example, navigator.userAgent property is used to get the OS.




<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        JavaScript 
      | Detecting the Operating System of User.
    </title>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center;" id="body">
    <h1 style="color:green;">  
            GeeksForGeeks
        </h1>
    <p id="GFG_UP" 
       style="font-size: 19px;
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <button onclick="GFG_Fun()">
        click here
    </button>
    <p id="GFG_DOWN" 
       style="color: green;
              font-size: 24px;
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <script>
        var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");
        var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");
        el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to get the OS of User's System.";
        var Name = "Unknown OS";
        if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Win") != -1) Name = 
          "Windows OS";
        if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac") != -1) Name = 
          "Macintosh";
        if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Linux") != -1) Name = 
          "Linux OS";
        if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Android") != -1) Name = 
          "Android OS";
        if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("like Mac") != -1) Name = 
          "iOS";
  
        function GFG_Fun() {
            el_down.innerHTML = Name;
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

  • Before clicking on the button:
  • After clicking on the button:


Last Updated : 19 Jul, 2019
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