Read more about our approach to versioning the API in the Integration Guide.
| Date | Version Number | Change description |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/10/07 | 3.0.0 | Version 3 of the API Launched |
| Date | Version Number | Change description |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/09/29 | 2.4.8 | Weekly database extracts are now done as deltas, with occasional full extracts. Read more. |
| 2021/08/31 | 2.4.7 | Now providing the User Agent Database in Parquet format as well. |
| 2021/02/23 | 2.4.6 | Added is_weird_reason_code key to parse results, to indicate why a user agent was marked as weird. Read more |
| 2020/09/07 | 2.4.5 | Added hours_released_ago key to version_check on Parse requests, to indicate how recently the new version was released. |
| 2020/05/24 | 2.4.4 | Added release_date key to version checks for user agent parse results - you can tell users how long ago the latest version was released. |
| 2020/04/14 | 2.4.3 | Added sanitization key to user agent parse results, to return a cleaned/sanitized version of the user agents sent to the API. User agents are also cleaned/sanitized before parsing. |
| 2020/04/08 | 2.4.2 | Added sample user agents to the Software Version Numbers end point |
| 2020/04/06 | 2.4.1 | Added Operating System version numbers to the Software Version Numbers end point |
| 2020/04/02 | 2.4.0 | Launched the User Agent Database Search end point to allow easy searches of the database |
| 2020/03/16 | 2.3.4 | Added operating_platform_code_name to parse results and the database, and made a clearer distinction between what is a "code" verses "code name" |
| 2019/09/18 | 2.3.3 | Added parse_options -> return_metadata_for_useragent for Parse and Batch Parse end points |
| 2019/07/09 | 2.3.2 | Added parse_options -> allow_servers_to_impersonate_devices for Parse and Batch Parse end points Version Check now includes Opera on Android |
| 2019/05/04 | 2.3.1 | Added release_date and package_type to the Version Numbers end point. Added version checks for Firefox (iOS & Android), Vivaldi and Yandex Browser. |
| 2018/01/30 | 2.3.0 | Launched the User Agent Database Dump URL end point. You can download a copy of our user agent database. |
| 2018/01/23 | 2.2.0 | Launched the Software Version Numbers end point. You can get the latest version numbers for a range of software. |
| 2018/01/20 | 2.1.2 | Added latest_version to version_check in User Agent Parse responses. This makes it easy to tell your users what the latest version they should upgrade to is. |
| 2018/01/16 | 2.1.1 | Added download_url and update_url to version_check in User Agent Parse responses. You can send your users to instructions to upgrade or download their software. |
| 2018/01/01 | 2.1.0 | Launched the User Agent Parse Batch end point You can send large batches of user agents to be parsed in a single request. |
| 2017/08/06 | 2.0.0 | Version 2 of the API launched |
Version 1 of the API was released 15 July, 2014.
It was superceded by Version 2, which was released 6 August, 2017.