how to detect when browserify is being run?

Question

I have a library that I want to use in both client side and server side. However, because request is not compatible with browserify, when compiling using browserify

Answer 1

The accepted answer is correct. But if you got here by googling 'detect browserify' and want the more general answer, browserify automatically transforms the node-provided global process. You can use:

process.browser

which will be true in the browser, undefined in node.