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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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