HttpListenerRequest.UserAgent Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Net

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Net.HttpListener.dll

Assembly:: System.Net.HttpListener.dll

Assembly:: System.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: HttpListenerRequest.cs

Source:: HttpListenerRequest.cs

Source:: HttpListenerRequest.cs

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Gets the user agent presented by the client.

public:
 property System::String ^ UserAgent { System::String ^ get(); };

public string? UserAgent { get; }

public string UserAgent { get; }

member this.UserAgent : string

Public ReadOnly Property UserAgent As String

Property Value

String

A String object that contains the text of the request's User-Agent header.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates using this property.

public static void ShowRequestProperties1 (HttpListenerRequest request)
{
    // Display the MIME types that can be used in the response.
    string[] types = request.AcceptTypes;
    if (types != null)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Acceptable MIME types:");
        foreach (string s in types)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(s);
        }
    }
    // Display the language preferences for the response.
    types = request.UserLanguages;
    if (types != null)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Acceptable natural languages:");
        foreach (string l in types)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(l);
        }
    }

    // Display the URL used by the client.
    Console.WriteLine("URL: {0}", request.Url.OriginalString);
    Console.WriteLine("Raw URL: {0}", request.RawUrl);
    Console.WriteLine("Query: {0}", request.QueryString);

    // Display the referring URI.
    Console.WriteLine("Referred by: {0}", request.UrlReferrer);

    //Display the HTTP method.
    Console.WriteLine("HTTP Method: {0}", request.HttpMethod);
    //Display the host information specified by the client;
    Console.WriteLine("Host name: {0}", request.UserHostName);
    Console.WriteLine("Host address: {0}", request.UserHostAddress);
    Console.WriteLine("User agent: {0}", request.UserAgent);
}

Public Shared Sub ShowRequestProperties1(ByVal request As HttpListenerRequest)
    ' Display the MIME types that can be used in the response.
    Dim types As String() = request.AcceptTypes

    If types IsNot Nothing Then
        Console.WriteLine("Acceptable MIME types:")

        For Each s As String In types
            Console.WriteLine(s)
        Next
    End If

    ' Display the language preferences for the response.
    types = request.UserLanguages

    If types IsNot Nothing Then
        Console.WriteLine("Acceptable natural languages:")

        For Each l As String In types
            Console.WriteLine(l)
        Next
    End If

    ' Display the URL used by the client.
    Console.WriteLine("URL: {0}", request.Url.OriginalString)
    Console.WriteLine("Raw URL: {0}", request.RawUrl)
    Console.WriteLine("Query: {0}", request.QueryString)

    ' Display the referring URI.
    Console.WriteLine("Referred by: {0}", request.UrlReferrer)

    ' Display the HTTP method.
    Console.WriteLine("HTTP Method: {0}", request.HttpMethod)

    ' Display the host information specified by the client.
    Console.WriteLine("Host name: {0}", request.UserHostName)
    Console.WriteLine("Host address: {0}", request.UserHostAddress)
    Console.WriteLine("User agent: {0}", request.UserAgent)
End Sub

Remarks

The User-Agent header typically contains text that identifies the name and version number of the software used to generate the request.

For a complete list of request headers, see the HttpRequestHeader enumeration.

The UserAgent is null when there is no User-Agent header in the request.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0, 2.1

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