Web Browser Info

Retrieves details about installed web browsers, using the fantastic @httptoolkit/browser-launcher package.

Provides helper functions to filter the returned browsers by type and version.

Installation

npm install @cityssm/web-browser-info

Usage

import {
  chromeWebBrowserTypes,
  getInstalledWebBrowsers 
} from '@cityssm/web-browser-info'

// Get all web browsers
const allWebBrowsers = await getInstalledWebBrowsers()

// Get all Firefox web browsers
const firefoxWebBrowsers = await getInstalledWebBrowsers('firefox')

// Get all Chrome-based (chrome or chromium) web browsers
const chromeWebBrowsers = await getInstalledWebBrowsers(chromeWebBrowserTypes)

// Get all Firefox web browsers newer than version 100
const newerFirefoxWebBrowsers = await getInstalledWebBrowsers('firefox', 100)

Sample Output

[
  {
    name: 'msedge',
    version: '122.0.2365.92',
    type: 'msedge',
    command: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe',
    majorVersion: 122,
    minorVersion: 0
  },
  {
    name: 'ie',
    version: '11.00.22621.1',
    type: 'ie',
    command: 'C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe',
    majorVersion: 11,
    minorVersion: 0
  },
  {
    name: 'ie',
    version: '11.00.22621.1',
    type: 'ie',
    command: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe',
    majorVersion: 11,
    minorVersion: 0
  },
  {
    name: 'chrome',
    version: '123.0.6312.86',
    type: 'chrome',
    command: 'C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe',
    majorVersion: 123,
    minorVersion: 0
  },
  {
    name: 'firefox',
    version: '124.0.1',
    type: 'firefox',
    command: 'C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe',
    majorVersion: 124,
    minorVersion: 0
  }
]