How do I get the user agent with Flask?

Question

I\'m trying to get access to the user agent with Flask, but I either can\'t find the documentation on it, or it doesn\'t tell me.

Answer 1

from flask import request
request.headers.get('User-Agent')

You can also use the request.user_agent object which contains the following attributes which are created based on the useragent string:

• platform (windows, linux, macos, etc.)
• browser (chrome, firefox, msie, etc.)
• version
• language
• string (== request.headers.get('User-Agent'))