server-side browser detection? node.js

Question

Most implementations i\'ve seen are for browser detection on the client side. I was just wondering if it was possible to do browser detection before sending any resources to

Answer 1

You might want to have a look at Apache DeviceMap.

JavaScript libraries out of the box are more on the client side right now, but much will work on Node.JS or Angular in a similar way. Unlike simple pattern matching of UA strings DeviceMap comes with a vast range of devices and device families in its Device Description Repository (DDR) based on W3C standards.