How to set User Agent with System.Net.WebRequest in c#

Question

Hi I\'m trying to set User Agent with WebRequest, but unfortunately I\'ve only found how to do it using HttpWebRequest, so here is my code and I hope you can help me to set

Answer 1

Use the UserAgent property on HttpWebRequest by casting it to a HttpWebRequest.

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.UserAgent = "my user agent";

Alternatively, instead of casting you can use WebRequest.CreateHttp instead.

Answer 2

If you try using a HttpWebRequest instead of a basic WebRequest, then there is a specific property exposed for UserAgent.

// Create a new 'HttpWebRequest' object to the mentioned URL.
var myHttpWebRequest=(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com");
myHttpWebRequest.UserAgent=".NET Framework Test Client";

// Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
var myHttpWebResponse=(HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();

Answer 3

WebRequest postrequest = WebRequest.Create("protocol://endpointurl.ext");
((System.Net.HttpWebRequest)postrequest).UserAgent = ".NET Framework"