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Abddelrahman Saad
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3 Unique Javascript Window APIS ✨

Javascript has a powerful built-in API that makes our life easier as developers.

Today we're going to cover 3 of them.

Note: These APIS are experimental so you need to check of the browser support them first before using it in production

1-navigator.Online:

Lets you check the user internet connection, return false if the connection is lost and true when it back

if( !navigator.online ) {
console.log(" You're offline, check your connection. 🔴")
} else {
console.log(" Your connection is back 🟢")
}
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2-navigator.language:

Lets you get the language of the browser


console.log(navigator.language)

 //output en-Us
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3-navigator.geolocation:

Lets you get the location of the device


navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(displayPosition)

function displayPosition(position){
  console.log('Latitude:' + position.coords.latitude)

  console.log('Longitude:' + position.coords.longitude)
}

 //Latitude: 40.1294478
//Longitude: 41.34804699999998
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That's it, Have a productive day ❤️

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Ryan

Caution, navigator.online doesn't do what people might assume it does.

Yes it checks if you are connected to a network, but it doesn't necessarily know if that network is connected to the internet without problems. It's like the wifi bars on your phone.

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Abddelrahman Saad

Thank you for informative us❤️

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James Hubert

This is awesome. People don’t talk about browser APIs that often. A great use of JS.

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Abddelrahman Saad

unfortunately yes, glad that you found it valuable. thank u for your feedback❤️

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Urm_At_Awil

Gracias, muy útil la información.

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Abddelrahman Saad

El placer es mío, señor ❤️