Holmes

Anonymous browser fingerprinting

What is browser fingerprinting?

Browser fingerprinting is the capability of a site to identify or re-identify a visiting user, user agent or device via configuration settings or other observable characteristics.

Features

• Persist fingerprint through sessions
• Singleton design pattern
  • Improves speed in large applications
  • Removes inconsistencies during browser sessions

Usage

Installation

# yarn
yarn add holmes-js

# npm
npm install holmes-js --save

Example

import Holmes from 'holmes-js'

const holmes = new Holmes()

// return unique browser fingerprint as 32-bit Integer
const fingerprint = holmes.get()

// reset holmes instance
const newHolmes = holmes.reset()

Contributing

You can request a new feature by submitting an issue. If you would like to implement a new feature feel free to issue a Pull Request.

License

holmes-js is protected under the MIT License