Description

sand is a library for handling platform detection and standardising native browser functions. It does not bundle any commands. It is only a collection of modules.

Installation

sand is available as an npm package. You can install it via the npm package @ssephox/sand

Install from npm

npm install @ssephox/sand.

Using the API

The project sand has two purposes: platform detection and global wrappers.

Platform Detection

In order to detect the current platform, execute PlatformDetection.detect(). This will return an object with three parts: browser, os, and device.

var platform = PlatformDetection.detect();
console.log("browser", platform.browser);
console.log("os", platform.os);
console.log("device", platform.device);

Note, PlatformQuery has been introduced to provide convenience methods for common platform queries and manage the internal structure of detect's response itself.

Browser

The browser field has the following information:

• current: the name of the browser as a string
• version: a (major, minor) tuple representing the version
• isEdge: returns true iff. the browser is Microsoft Edge
• isChromium: returns true iff. the browser is Chromium Based
• isIE: returns true iff. the browser is Internet Explorer
• isOpera: returns true iff. the browser is Opera
• isFirefox: returns true iff. the browser is Firefox
• isSafari: returns true iff. the browser is Safari

var platform = PlatformDetection.detect();
var isFF = platform.browser.isFirefox();

Operating System (OS)

The os field has the following information:

• current: the name of the OS as a string
• version: a (major, minor) tuple representing the version
• isWindows: returns true iff. the OS is Windows
• isiOS: returns true iff. the OS is iOS
• isAndroid: returns true iff. the OS is Android
• isOSX: returns true iff. the OS is OSX
• isLinux: returns true iff. the OS is Linux
• isSolaris: returns true iff. the OS is Solaris
• isFreeBSD: returns true iff. the OS is FreeBSD

var platform = PlatformDetection.detect();
var isWin = platform.os.isWindows();

Device

The device field has the following information:

• isiPad: returns true iff. the device is an iPad
• isiPhone: returns true iff. the device is an iPhone
• isTablet: returns true iff. the device is an Tablet
• isPhone: returns true iff. the device is an Phone
• isTouch: returns true iff. the device is an Touch
• isAndroid: returns true iff. the device is an Android
• isiOS: returns true iff. the device is an iOS
• isWebView: returns true iff. the device is an WebView

var platform = PlatformDetection.detect();
var isPh = platform.device.isPhone();

Global Wrappers

These wrappers allow dependencies on globals that only exist on newer browsers, where normal references to them would cause the script to fail to load. They don't provide any safety in accessing the globals; it is assumed the supporting code knows whether the current browser supports the global. They are simply a way to defer referencing it.

Blob

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Blob

Event

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Events/Creating_and_triggering_events

FileReader

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader

FormData

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData

HTMLElement

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement

• HTMLElement.isPrototypeOf(x)

JSON

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON

• JSON.parse(obj)
• JSON.stringify(obj, replacer, space)

NodeFilter

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NodeFilter

URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL.createObjectURL

• URL.createObjectURL(blob)
• URL.removeObjectURL(u)

Uint8Array

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Uint8Array

Window

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/window.requestAnimationFrame

• Window.requestAnimationFrame(callback)
• Window.atob(base64)

XMLHttpRequest

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XMLHttpRequest

XMLSerializer

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XMLSerializer

• XMLSerializer.serializeToString(node)

Running Tests

$ yarn test