To get the name of the operating system platform, you can use the platform()
method from the os
module in Node.js.
/* Get OS platform in Node.js */
// import os module
const os = require("os");
// get platform name
const platformName = os.platform(); // linux
- The method returns the name of the operating system platform as a
string
. - There are 8 possible values that the method can return, those are:
linux
win32
darwin
aix
freebsd
openbsd
sunos
android
(Experimental value)
See the above code live in repl.it.