Trying to get the user-agent from request in asp.net web api self host

Question

I\'m trying to get the user-agent in a web api self host and I\'m either doing it wrong, or the web api itself is altering the user agent string.

I\'ve tried using sever

Answer 1

Oops, figured it out, answering it myself in case anyone else runs into this. Apparently the user-agent gets chopped up.

This gives me the full user-agent:

// Default empty user agent.
String userAgent = "";

// Get user agent.
if (Request.Headers.Contains("User-Agent"))
{
    var headers = request.Headers.GetValues("User-Agent");

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    foreach (var header in headers)
    {
        sb.Append(header);

        // Re-add spaces stripped when user agent string was split up.
        sb.Append(" ");
    }

    userAgent = sb.ToString().Trim();
}