HTTPBrowserCapabilities Question

23 Dec 2005 2:18 AM

kevinwjames

I'm writing a C# app which analyzes and reports on IIS web logs. I've
got it producing numbers for hits, visits, ips, etc. but I'm having
trouble parsing the UserAgent string so I can get Browser, OS, and
Version information.

So I saw this great System.Web.HTTPBrowserCapabilities object which
will parse the User Agent string for me and tell me everything I need.
Only problem is there's no easy way to create an instance of this
object except by actual getting a request from a browser...

Any ideas of how to use this object's user agent parsing capabilities
on a string that I supply?
Thanks.

23 Dec 2005 5:11 AM

Karl Seguin

I doubt it. You might have an entry point with the static
HttpcababilitiesBase.GetConfigCapabilities method. But you'll need to set
up so much pseudo-request stuff that it won't be worth it.

Karl

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> I'm writing a C# app which analyzes and reports on IIS web logs. I've
> got it producing numbers for hits, visits, ips, etc. but I'm having
> trouble parsing the UserAgent string so I can get Browser, OS, and
> Version information.
>
> So I saw this great System.Web.HTTPBrowserCapabilities object which
> will parse the User Agent string for me and tell me everything I need.
> Only problem is there's no easy way to create an instance of this
> object except by actual getting a request from a browser...
>
> Any ideas of how to use this object's user agent parsing capabilities
> on a string that I supply?
> Thanks.
>

23 Dec 2005 7:58 PM

kevinwjames

Thanks Karl. Actually, I found a solution. I downloaded the Mono C#
source code, found the HttpBrowserCapabilities class. It's easy to
modify, since it compiles fine under Microsoft's .NET.