web-share-shim
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A polyfill for the WebShare API
Web Share Shim
A polyfill for the WebShare API. It provides navigator.share() so you can share content on any device via WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, e-mail, and SMS.
Try the demo! The whole package is 9.6kB minified, 4kB gzipped and licensed under the MIT License.
Usage
Open the share dialog by calling navigator.share:
navigator.share({
title: 'Web Share Shim',
text: 'Check out Web Share Shim — it rocks!',
url: 'http://nimiq.github.io/web-share-shim',
})
.then( _ => console.log('Successful share'))
.catch( error => console.log('Error sharing', error));
| Attribute | Options | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| title | String | "" | A short title of what you are sharing. |
| text | String | "" | A text describing what you are sharing. |
| url | URL as String | "" | A link to what you are sharing. |
| facebookId | number | "158651941570418" | ID of your facebook app if you want to support sharing to facebook on a desktop device. (default ID for demo only) |
Build source code
You need to have gulp and all dependencies installed.
npm install
npm install gulp
Then run gulp to build web-share-shim.bundle.min.js.
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