Provide a GM_info.userAgentData like API to get browser and OS info reliably

[chipzhang]

navigator.userAgent is not reliable since it may be changed by another browser extension.
It seems there is no reliable way to get browser and OS info via TM API.

ViolentMonkey has such an API:
https://violentmonkey.github.io/api/gm/#gm_info

[derjanb]

Should be fixed at 4.19.6178 (crx|xpi)

I decided to go with userAgent because that's what it is.

export type UserAgentInfo = {
    platform: {
        arch: string, // 'arm' | 'x86-32' | 'x86-64' ...,
        os: string // 'android' | 'linux' | 'mac' | 'win' ...
    },
    browser: {
        name: string, // 'chrome' | 'firefox' ...
        version: string,
        vendor: string
    }
};

Chrome/Edge users, please download the crx file linked above and drag and drop it to the extensions page chrome://extensions.
Firefox users please install the BETA version or check for BETA version updates at about:addons

For a quick fix please export your settings and scripts as zip or (JSON) file at the "Utilities" tab and import it back at the fixed BETA version.

[derjanb]

userAgentData is available for testing at 4.19.6179 (crx|xpi)

[chipzhang]

@derjanb

ViolentMonkey first introduces such browser checking API (as well as OS and arch checking).
As per its doc, its API reads:

• GM_info.platform.arch: One of "arm", "mips", "mips64", "x86-32", "x86-64"
• GM_info.platform.browserName: "chrome", "firefox" or whatever was returned by the API.
• GM_info.platform.browserVersion
• GM_info.platform.os: One of "android", "cros", "linux", "mac", "openbsd", "win".

Are you considering keeping the same GM_info API as ViolentMonkey, thus maximizing the compatibility of user scripts?

[7nik]

It was proposed in the discussion to use the userAgentData format.

[jb222]

Could someone explain what has changed, with examples, please?