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Lawrence Page  
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 More options Jan 7 1996, 3:00 am
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From: p...@cs.stanford.edu (Lawrence Page)
Date: 1996/01/07
Subject: Q: Setting User-Agent Field?
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I have a web robot which is a Java app.  I need to be able to set the
User-Agent field in the HTTP header in order to be a good net citizen (so
people know who is accessing their server).  Anyone have any ideas?

Right now, Java sends a request that includes something like:

User-Agent: Java/1.0beta2

I'd rather not rewrite all the HTTP stuff myself.  I tried just searching
in the JDK for the Java/1.0beta2 figuring I could just change the string,
but I couldn't find it. Perhaps it is stored as a unicode string?

An easy method of setting the User-Agent field should probably be added to
Java, so people can properly identify their programs.  

Thanks, Larry Page


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