# Platform.js v1.3.6

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## `platform`
* <a href="#platform">`platform`</a>
* <a href="#platformdescription">`platform.description`</a>
* <a href="#platformlayout">`platform.layout`</a>
* <a href="#platformmanufacturer">`platform.manufacturer`</a>
* <a href="#platformname">`platform.name`</a>
* <a href="#platformos">`platform.os`</a>
* <a href="#platformparseuanavigatoruseragent">`platform.parse`</a>
* <a href="#platformprerelease">`platform.prerelease`</a>
* <a href="#platformproduct">`platform.product`</a>
* <a href="#platformtostring">`platform.toString`</a>
* <a href="#platformua">`platform.ua`</a>
* <a href="#platformversion">`platform.version`</a>

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## `platform.os`
* <a href="#platformosarchitecture">`platform.os.architecture`</a>
* <a href="#platformosfamily">`platform.os.family`</a>
* <a href="#platformostostring">`platform.os.toString`</a>
* <a href="#platformosversion">`platform.os.version`</a>

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## `platform`

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<h3 id="platform"><code>platform</code></h3>
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The platform object.

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<h3 id="platformdescription"><code>platform.description</code></h3>
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The platform description.

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<h3 id="platformlayout"><code>platform.layout</code></h3>
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The name of the browser's layout engine.
<br>
<br>
The list of common layout engines include:<br>
"Blink", "EdgeHTML", "Gecko", "Trident" and "WebKit"

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<h3 id="platformmanufacturer"><code>platform.manufacturer</code></h3>
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The name of the product's manufacturer.
<br>
<br>
The list of manufacturers include:<br>
"Apple", "Archos", "Amazon", "Asus", "Barnes & Noble", "BlackBerry",
"Google", "HP", "HTC", "LG", "Microsoft", "Motorola", "Nintendo",
"Nokia", "Samsung" and "Sony"

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<h3 id="platformname"><code>platform.name</code></h3>
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The name of the browser/environment.
<br>
<br>
The list of common browser names include:<br>
"Chrome", "Electron", "Firefox", "Firefox for iOS", "IE",
"Microsoft Edge", "PhantomJS", "Safari", "SeaMonkey", "Silk",
"Opera Mini" and "Opera"
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<br>
Mobile versions of some browsers have "Mobile" appended to their name:<br>
eg. "Chrome Mobile", "Firefox Mobile", "IE Mobile" and "Opera Mobile"

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<h3 id="platformos"><code>platform.os</code></h3>
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The name of the operating system.

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<h3 id="platformparseuanavigatoruseragent"><code>platform.parse([ua=navigator.userAgent])</code></h3>
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Creates a new platform object.

#### Arguments
1. `[ua=navigator.userAgent]` *(Object|string)*: The user agent string or context object.

#### Returns
*(Object)*: A platform object.

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<h3 id="platformprerelease"><code>platform.prerelease</code></h3>
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The alpha/beta release indicator.

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<h3 id="platformproduct"><code>platform.product</code></h3>
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The name of the product hosting the browser.
<br>
<br>
The list of common products include:
<br>
<br>
"BlackBerry", "Galaxy S4", "Lumia", "iPad", "iPod", "iPhone", "Kindle",
"Kindle Fire", "Nexus", "Nook", "PlayBook", "TouchPad" and "Transformer"

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<h3 id="platformtostring"><code>platform.toString()</code></h3>
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Returns `platform.description` when the platform object is coerced to a string.

#### Returns
*(string)*: Returns `platform.description` if available, else an empty string.

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<h3 id="platformua"><code>platform.ua</code></h3>
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The browser's user agent string.

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<h3 id="platformversion"><code>platform.version</code></h3>
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The browser/environment version.

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## `platform.os`

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<h3 id="platformosarchitecture"><code>platform.os.architecture</code></h3>
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The CPU architecture the OS is built for.

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<h3 id="platformosfamily"><code>platform.os.family</code></h3>
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The family of the OS.
<br>
<br>
Common values include:<br>
"Windows", "Windows Server `2008` R2 / `7`", "Windows Server `2008` / Vista",
"Windows XP", "OS X", "Linux", "Ubuntu", "Debian", "Fedora", "Red Hat",
"SuSE", "Android", "iOS" and "Windows Phone"

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<h3 id="platformostostring"><code>platform.os.toString()</code></h3>
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Returns the OS string.

#### Returns
*(string)*: The OS string.

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<h3 id="platformosversion"><code>platform.os.version</code></h3>
[&#x24C8;](https://github.com/bestiejs/platform.js/blob/1.3.6/platform.js#L1203 "View in source") [&#x24C9;][1]

The version of the OS.

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