Newsgroups : Borland : borland.public.delphi.internet.winsock : 2006 Aug : Re: How does a www server know it's not a web client?
| Subject: | Re: How does a www server know it's not a web client? |
| Posted by: | "Jamie Dale" (j.da..@turboz.net) |
| Date: | Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:55:14 |
> Web browser's identify themselves by including the 'User-Agent' header in
> their request. You can use TIdHTTP's Request.UserAgent property to mimic
> the ID of any web browser. Programs like GetRight do this, for instance.
> Some web servers provide browser-specific content, so they look for the
> 'User-Agent' header.
Which is what I was also getting at in my reply too.
Jamie
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