# Switch User Agent **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [7 December 2005 13:59 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/switch-user-agent/23076 "2005-12-07T13:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex\_Amat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Alex\_Amat](https://rubytalk.org/u/Alex_Amat)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2005 13:59 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/switch-user-agent/23076/1 "2005-12-07T13:59:14Z")
Hi all I'm writing an application in ruby and I need to change the UAProof of an HTTP request that I'm sending out. (To pretend that my browser is a mobile phone) does anyone know how to go about it. Many thanks > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Gene\_Tani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gene\_Tani](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gene_Tani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2005 14:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/switch-user-agent/23076/2 "2005-12-07T14:22:35Z")
Alex Amat wrote: > Hi all I'm writing an application in ruby and I need to change the > UAProof of an HTTP request that I'm sending out. (To pretend that my > browser is a mobile phone) does anyone know how to go about it. > > Many thanks > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). I haven't seent the term UAproof before, but the open-uri and Net::HTTP ways of opening URLs are both dict-like as far as passing User-Agents etc: [http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/) e.g. Net::HTTP.start( 'www.digg.com', 80 ) do |http| print( http.get( '/', "User-Agent" =\> "foobar" ).body ) ; end setting referrer/referer (can't remember which is correct!) is similar ---
**Author:** ![Gene\_Tani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gene\_Tani](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gene_Tani)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2005 14:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/switch-user-agent/23076/3 "2005-12-07T14:22:41Z")
Gene Tani wrote: > Alex Amat wrote: > \> Hi all I'm writing an application in ruby and I need to change the > \> UAProof of an HTTP request that I'm sending out. (To pretend that my > \> browser is a mobile phone) does anyone know how to go about it. > \> > \> Many thanks > \> > \> -- > \> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). > > I haven't seent the term UAproof before, but the open-uri and Net::HTTP > ways of opening URLs are both dict-like as far as passing User-Agents > etc: > > [http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/) > > e.g. > Net::HTTP.start( 'www.digg.com', 80 ) do |http| > print( http.get( '/', "User-Agent" =\> "foobar" ).body ) ; end > > setting referrer/referer (can't remember which is correct!) is similar whoops, forgot the great zenspider slides: > **[open-uri.pdf](https://www.zenspider.com/dl/rubyconf2005/open-uri.pdf)** > > 189.74 KB ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Amat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Alex\_Amat](https://rubytalk.org/u/Alex_Amat)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2005 15:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/switch-user-agent/23076/4 "2005-12-07T15:00:10Z")
Sorry mate I meant User Agent (I'm a bit new to the world of ruby and internet) What I'm doing is a web site that changes normal PC websites into MCS sites I've got three ifreams so that the rendered sites can be previewed, all I need to do is change the user agent of the request object so that my application delivers the content for different user agents. Thanks a lot ! gene.tani wrote: > **···** > > > Gene Tani wrote: > > > > > I haven't seent the term UAproof before, but the open-uri and Net::HTTP > > > ways of opening URLs are both dict-like as far as passing User-Agents > > > etc: > > > > > > [http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/) > > > > > > e.g. > > > Net::HTTP.start( 'www.digg.com', 80 ) do |http| > > > print( http.get( '/', "User-Agent" =\> "foobar" ).body ) ; end > > > > > > setting referrer/referer (can't remember which is correct!) is similar > > > > whoops, forgot the great zenspider slides: > > [http://www.zenspider.com/dl/rubyconf2005/open-uri.pdf](http://www.zenspider.com/dl/rubyconf2005/open-uri.pdf) > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C).