Kong

Detect browsers using user agent strings in .NET. Inspired by Bowser.

What is this for?

This library can be used to detect the characteristics of a web browser by examining the value of its HTTP request User-Agent header.

How to use

Step 1: Install the NuGet package

You can either use the Package Manager Console:

Install-Package Epiforge.Kong

Or use the NuGet Package Manager to install Epiforge.Kong as a NuGet package in your project.

Step 2: Create instances of the Browser class with User-Agent header values

Example in a Microsoft Web API controller:

using System.Web.Http;

public class ExampleController : ApiController
{
    [HttpGet, Route("isMobile")]
    public IHttpActionResult IsMobile()
    {
        // Return true if the caller is a mobile browser; otherwise, false.
        return Ok(new Kong.Browser(string.Join(" ", Request.Headers.GetValues("User-Agent"))).Mobile);
    }
}

Example in a Microsoft SignalR hub:

using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR;

public class ExampleHub : Hub
{
    public bool IsMobile()
    {
        // Return true if the connected client is a mobile browser; otherwise, false.
        return new Kong.Browser(string.Join(" ", Context.Request.Headers.GetValues("User-Agent"))).Mobile;
    }
}

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