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The term “user agent” refers to the identifying information that is sent by your web browser or mobile device when requesting data from another computer on the Internet. This data can include your operating system, browser type, and other information about your device. User-agent detection is used to identify the type of device that is accessing a web page or application in order to display a version of it that is optimized for the specific type of device.
When you browse the Internet, you are identified by your IP address and your user agent. This information is used by websites and online services to track your activity, provide you with customized content, and monitor your behavior.
Why is this important?
You should be aware of what information your device gives away when you access websites or apps. This data can be used to identify you and track your online activity. In some cases, it can even be used to identify your location. User-agent spoofing can help you to protect your privacy by preventing websites from gathering this information about you.
What are user agent strings?
A user agent string is a simple text string that contains information about a web browser or mobile device. It may include information such as the operating system, browser version, and screen resolution.
When you visit a website, it can use this information to determine if it should provide a mobile-optimized version of its content or if it should display a desktop-optimized version.
Some user agents are more specific than others. For example, the user agent string for Chrome running on Windows 10 on an Intel processor would look something like this:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/71.0.3578.98 Safari/537.36
You can see that it includes information about the operating system (Windows), browser (Chrome), and processor (Intel).
Why do we recommend User Agent Generator API?
This API could help you to detect the user’s agent in real-time and also get insights about what devices are popular in the market right now.
What does this API receive and what does your API provide (input/output)?
This API will receive the URL or domain from which it will retrieve the user agent information and will then provide you with all the details you need about any user agent it finds.
What are the most common uses cases of this API?
This API is ideal for those companies that want to reach different users with different experiences based on their devices.
To make use of it, you must first:
1- Go to User Agent Generator API and simply click on the button “Subscribe for free” to start using the API.
2- After signing up in Zyla API Hub, you’ll be given your personal API key. Using this one-of-a-kind combination of numbers and letters, you’ll be able to use, connect, and manage APIs!
3- Employ the different API endpoints depending on what you are looking for.
4- Once you meet your needed endpoint, make the API call by pressing the button “run” and see the results on your screen.