This application adds attributes to your request object that describe the users browser. This will let you fine tune the templates or code to use based on the traits of the browser.

The following is currently added to the request:

request.is_simple_device

True for all non-desktop devices (browsers) without "modern" CSS and JS support. This includes non "smart" phones and simpler browsers like those found on game consoles and the kindle.

request.is_touch_device

True for devices that use touch events.

request.is_wide_device

True for devices that are wider than a common mobile phone. This covers tablets and desktop browsers.

request.is_ios_device
request.is_android_device
request.is_webos_device
request.is_windows_phone_device

True if the device is part of the given platform.

These give more granular information about modern smart devices. This is helpful if you want to target features to a specific device type.

request.is_webkit

True if the browser is webkit (desktop or mobile.)

After you've added minidetector to your python path (manually or with pip) you can access its attributes with one of two methods.

To use minidetector on all requests just add

minidetector.Middleware

to the MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES tuple in your settings.py

If you only have certain views that need the distinction all you need to do is wrap the relevant views like this:

from minidetectordetector import detect_mobile

@detect_mobile
def my_mobile_view(request):
	# your view code here.