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Detect if the browser is running in Private mode
// uncomment if you are transpiling with Babel + Webpack
// const { window, document } = global;
/**
* Lightweight script to detect whether the browser is running in Private mode.
*
* You should use a polyfill for Promise.
* @see https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/316/top-5-best-javascript-promises-polyfills
*
* @returns {Promise}
*/
function isPrivateMode() {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
const yes = () => resolve(true); // is in private mode
const not = () => resolve(false); // not in private mode
const testLocalStorage = () => {
try {
if (localStorage.length) not();
else {
localStorage.x = 1;
localStorage.removeItem('x');
not();
}
} catch (e) {
// Safari only enables cookie in private mode
// if cookie is disabled, then all client side storage is disabled
// if all client side storage is disabled, then there is no point
// in using private mode
navigator.cookieEnabled ? yes() : not();
}
};
// Chrome & Opera
if (window.webkitRequestFileSystem) {
return void window.webkitRequestFileSystem(0, 0, not, yes);
}
// Firefox
if ('MozAppearance' in document.documentElement.style) {
if (indexedDB === null) return yes();
const db = indexedDB.open('test');
db.onerror = yes;
db.onsuccess = not;
return void 0;
}
// Safari
const isSafari = navigator.userAgent.match(/Version\/([0-9\._]+).*Safari/);
if (isSafari) {
const version = parseInt(isSafari[1], 10);
if (version < 11) return testLocalStorage();
try {
window.openDatabase(null, null, null, null);
return not();
} catch (_) {
return yes();
};
}
// IE10+ & Edge InPrivate
if (!window.indexedDB && (window.PointerEvent || window.MSPointerEvent)) {
return yes();
}
// default navigation mode
return not();
});
}
isPrivateMode().then((isPrivate) => {
console.log('browsing in private mode? ', isPrivate);
});
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