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How to know the browser language and browser platform in JavaScript?
Javascript has provided navigator object to know any details regarding the browser. It has provided navigator.platform and navigator.language to get the details regarding the platform and language of the browser respectively. Let's discuss each of them individually.
Browser-platform
syntax
platform = navigator.platform;
Example
To get the platform on which browser works, the navigator object has provided navigator.platform. some of the platforms are "MacIntel", "Win32", "WebTV OS".
<html>
<body>
<script>
document.write("browser platform is " + navigator.platform);
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
browser platform is Win32
Browser-language
syntax
language = navigator.language;
Example
To get the language of the browser, the navigator object has provided navigator.language method. We can change the language depending on our convenience. Some of the most commonly used languages are en-GB and en-US
<html>
<body>
<p id="language"></p>
<script>
document.getElementById("language").innerHTML =
"browser language is " + navigator.language;
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
"browser language is en-US
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26
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