runtime.getBrowserInfo()
Returns information about the browser in which the extension is installed.
This is an asynchronous function that returns aPromise
.
Syntax
js
let gettingInfo = browser.runtime.getBrowserInfo()
Parameters
None.
Return value
APromise
that will be fulfilled with an object which has the following properties:
name
string value representing the browser name, for example "Firefox".
vendor
string value representing the browser's vendor, for example "Mozilla".
version
string representing the browser's version, for example "51.0" or "51.0a2".
buildID
string representing the specific build of the browser, for example "20161018004015".
Examples
Get and log the browser's name:
js
function gotBrowserInfo(info) { console.log(info.name);}let gettingInfo = browser.runtime.getBrowserInfo();gettingInfo.then(gotBrowserInfo);