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User agent parsing
useragent is a library written in golang to parse user agent strings.
Usage
First install the library with:
go get xojoc.pw/useragent
useragent is simple to use. First parse a string with useragent.Parse and then access the fields of useragent.UserAgent for the required information. Example:
see godoc for the complete documentation.
How it works?
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate. -Dante
Parsing user agent strings is a hell. There is no standard for user agent strings, so useragent must use some heuristics. The site http://www.useragentstring.com/ has been invaluable during development. Some relevant links are also:
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference
- https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/user-agent
- https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/OptimizingforSafarioniPhone/OptimizingforSafarioniPhone.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006517-SW3
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2013/09/21/internet-explorer-11-user-agent-string-ua-string-sniffing-compatibility-with-gecko-webkit.aspx
- http://docs.aws.amazon.com/silk/latest/developerguide/user-agent.html
for the supported user agents see:
- browsers: browser.go
- crawlers: crawler.go
If you think useragent doesn't parse correctly a particular user agent string, just open an issue :).
Why this library?
useragent doesn't just split the user agent string and look for specific strings like other parsers, but it has specific parser for the most common browsers/crawlers and falls back to a generic parser for everything else. Its main features are:
- Simple and stable API.
- High precision in detection of the most common browsers/crawlers.
- Detects mobile/tablet devices.
- OS detection.
- URL with more information about the user agent (usually it's the home page).
- Security level detection when reported by browsers.
Who?
useragent was written by Alexandru Cojocaru (http://xojoc.pw) and uses blang/semver to parse versions.
Thanks a lot to @brendanwalters (from http://pendo.io) for the contributions.
Donate!
License
useragent is released under the GPLv3 or later, see COPYING.
Documentation
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Overview ¶
Package useragent parses a user agent string.
Index ¶
Examples ¶
Constants ¶
const ( OSAndroid = "Android" OSMacOS = "Mac OS X" OSiOS = "iOS" OSLinux = "GNU/Linux" OSWindows = "Windows" )
Variables ¶
This section is empty.
Functions ¶
This section is empty.
Types ¶
type Security ¶
type Security int
Some browsers may put security level information in their user agent string.
type UserAgent ¶
type UserAgent struct {
// The original user agent string.
Original string
Type Type
// The browser/crawler/etc. name. For example:
// Firefox, IceCat, Iceweasel
// Dillo
// Chrome
// MSIE
// Googlebot
// etc.
// If the name is not known, Name will be `unknown'.
Name string
Version semver.Version
// The OS name. Can be one of:
// GNU/Linux
// FreeBSD
// OpenBSD
// NetBSD
// Windows
// Mac OS X
// Android
// Firefox OS
// CrOS
// etc.
// If the os is not known, OS will be `unknown'.
OS string
OSVersion semver.Version
Security Security
// URL with more information about the user agent (in most cases it's the home page).
// If unknown is nil.
URL *url.URL
// Is it a phone device?
Mobile bool
// Is it a tablet device?
Tablet bool
}
func Parse ¶
Try to extract information about an user agent from uas. Since user agent strings don't have a standard, this function uses heuristics.
Example ¶
ua := Parse("Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0")
fmt.Print(ua)
Output: Type: Browser Name: Firefox Version: 38.0.0 OS: GNU/Linux OSVersion: 0.0.0 Security: Unknown security Mobile: false Tablet: false
Example (Access) ¶
ua := Parse("Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0")
if ua == nil {
log.Fatal("cannot parse user agent string")
}
fmt.Println(ua.Type)
fmt.Println(ua.Name)
fmt.Println(ua.Version)
fmt.Println(ua.OS)
if ua.Security != SecurityUnknown {
fmt.Println(ua.Security)
}
Output: Browser Firefox 38.0.0 GNU/Linux
Source Files