Custom User Agent API

The Custom User Agent API allows developers to create tailored user agent strings for web scraping, testing, and automation. Generate specific user agents to simulate various browsers and devices, enhancing compatibility testing, performance analysis, and evasion of anti-bot systems for more effective and reliable application behavior.

About the API:  

 

The Custom User Agent API enables developers to create and customize user agent strings for a variety of applications, including web scraping, automated testing, and performance analysis. By generating specific user agents, this API allows users to simulate different browsers, operating systems, and devices, enhancing the accuracy and reliability of their projects. This capability is crucial for evading anti-bot measures, ensuring thorough compatibility testing, and optimizing website performance across various environments. Whether for SEO monitoring, security testing, or comprehensive data collection, the Custom User Agent API provides the flexibility and precision needed to tailor user agent strings to specific requirements.

 

What this API receives and what your API provides (input/output)?

Pass the device of your choice and receive a user agent. 

 

What are the most common uses cases of this API?

 

  • Web Scraping and Data Collection:

    • Utilize the Custom User Agent API to generate user agent strings that mimic different browsers and devices. This helps in bypassing anti-scraping measures on websites, ensuring more reliable and extensive data collection.
  • Automated Testing:

    • Implement the Custom User Agent API in automated testing frameworks to simulate diverse user environments. This ensures that web applications are thoroughly tested across various browsers and devices, identifying potential compatibility issues.
  • SEO Performance Monitoring:

    • Use the Custom User Agent API to monitor website performance from the perspective of different browsers and devices. This aids in understanding how a site performs under various conditions, leading to better optimization strategies for improved search engine rankings.
  • Security and Penetration Testing:

    • Leverage the Custom User Agent API to create user agents that mimic different browsing behaviors during security testing. This helps identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors using sophisticated user agent strings.
  • Ad Fraud Prevention:

    • Deploy the Custom User Agent API to generate user agent strings that detect and prevent ad fraud. By simulating legitimate browsing patterns, this API can help identify and block fraudulent activity, ensuring the integrity of ad campaigns.

 

 

API Documentation

Endpoints


Pass the device of your choice, between "mobile" or "desktop", and receive a user agent for your use. 



                                                                            
GET https://zylalabs.com/api/4562/custom+user+agent+api/5615/get+user+agent
                                                                            
                                                                        

Get User Agent - Endpoint Features

Object Description
device [Required] Select the device "mobile" or "desktop"
Test Endpoint

API EXAMPLE RESPONSE

       
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            {"status":"success","data":{"user_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/538.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version\/8.0 Safari\/538.15","type_of_device":"desktop","platform":"Linux","browser":"Safari"}}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

Get User Agent - CODE SNIPPETS


curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/4562/custom+user+agent+api/5615/get+user+agent?device=desktop' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' 

    

API Access Key & Authentication

After signing up, every developer is assigned a personal API access key, a unique combination of letters and digits provided to access to our API endpoint. To authenticate with the Custom User Agent API REST API, simply include your bearer token in the Authorization header.
Headers
Header Description
Authorization [Required] Should be Bearer access_key. See "Your API Access Key" above when you are subscribed.

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The Custom User Agent API is a service that allows developers to programmatically generate customized user agent strings. User agent strings are crucial for identifying the browser, device, and operating system of a client making an HTTP request. This API empowers developers to simulate various user agents for different purposes.

Integration is straightforward. Make HTTP requests to the API endpoints with the desired parameters, such as browser type, device, and operating system. The API will respond with dynamically generated user agent strings that match your specifications.

This API finds utility in web scraping, automated testing, user privacy enhancement, content adaptation, A/B testing, and more. It enables developers to create user agents tailored to specific scenarios, improving compatibility and privacy.

Yes, the API supports generating randomized user agents. By regularly changing user agents, you can mitigate tracking attempts and enhance user privacy during online interactions.

Yes, the API allows you to generate user agent strings for various mobile devices and operating systems, enabling accurate emulation of mobile browsing experiences.

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