Setting the User-Agent

Download: Chilkat .NET Assemblies

C# example showing how to use an HTTP proxy with the Chilkat HTTP .NET component.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool unlocked = http.UnlockComponent("Any string begins 30-day trial");
if (!unlocked)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Failed to unlock HTTP component");
    return;
}

// To set the User-Agent HTTP Request header for all GET requests
// sent via the QuickGet and QuickGetStr methods, set the UserAgent property:
http.UserAgent = "BillyBobBot/1.0 (+http://www.billybobbot.com/crawler/)";

string htmlPage = http.QuickGetStr("http://www.example-code.com/");

if (htmlPage == null)
{
    MessageBox.Show(http.LastErrorText);
}
else
{
    textBox1.Text = htmlPage;
}

Important: The download for this example does not contain the ChilkatDotNet2.dll which
must be downloaded and installed separately at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads.asp.
Once installed, add a reference to the DLL in the project by following the instructions at
http://www.example-code.com/csharp/step2.asp