API Use Cases

It can be a bit confusing and daunting figuring out if you need our API and what the best approach is, so here's a short guide to figuring out which parts of our API will serve you best. Find the questions and problems you're experiencing and see our solutions to them.

• I have a user agent that I need to decode

  (eg. to find their browser/operating system/software/hardward types, phone model, tablet model etc)

  • Use the User Agent Parser API end point

• I need to know if a user is a bot or a browser

  • Use the User Agent Parser API end point and look at the software_type field in the response

• I need to check if a user agent is "real" or is it weird, restricted, malicious, spammy

  • Use the User Agent Parser API end point and look at the is_weird, is_abusive, is_restricted, or is_spam fields in the response

• I have a database of user agents that I need to decode

  • Use the User Agent Parser API end point for each record
  • Send batches of user agents to the User Agent Parser API Batch end point

• I have log files containing user agents I need to decode

  • Use the User Agent Parser API end point for each entry
  • Extract them into a collection and send batches of 500 user agents to the User Agent Parser API Batch end point

• I want to show relevant related products to my customers based on their technology

  • Use the User Agent Parser API end point and look at the hardware_type or operating_platform fields in the response depending on your requirements

• I want to stop our helpdesk needing to ask our customers introductory tech questions

  • Use the User Agent Parser API end point combined with our Frontend Detection Library to determine the technical details about your visitors

• I need to know the latest version numbers for web browsers and operating systems

  • The Versions API End Point tells you the latest version numbers for the major browsers and operating systems

• I need to check if a browser is up to date

  • Send the user agent to the user agent parsing end point, it returns version check info

Wondering if there's anything else you can do with our API?

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