'How do I set a default User Agent on an HttpClient?

It's easy to set a user agent on an HttpRequest, but often I want to use a single HttpClient and use the same user agent every time, rather than having to set it on each request.

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Solution 1:[1]

Using DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(...) did not work for me.

var httpClient = new HttpClient();
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.ParseAdd("Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AcmeInc/1.0)");

Solution 2:[2]

The following worked for me in a .NET Standard 2.0 library:

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
ProductHeaderValue header = new ProductHeaderValue("MyAwesomeLibrary", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString());
ProductInfoHeaderValue userAgent = new ProductInfoHeaderValue(header);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.Add(userAgent);
// User-Agent: MyAwesomeLibrary/1.0.0.0

Solution 3:[3]

Using JensG comment

Short addition: The UserAgent class also offers TryParse, which comes especially handy when there is no version number (for whatever reason). The RFC explicitly allows this case.

on this answer

using System.Net.Http;

using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
{
    httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders
      .UserAgent
      .TryParseAdd("Mike D's Agent");
    //User-Agent: Mike D's Agent
}

Solution 4:[4]

string agent="ClientDemo/1.0.0.1 test user agent DefaultRequestHeaders";
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", agent);

remark: use this structure to generate the agent name User-Agent: product / product-version comment

  • product: Product identifier
  • product-version: Product version number.
  • comment: None or more of the infomation Comments containing product, for example.

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Solution 1
Solution 2 Jan Bo?kowski
Solution 3
Solution 4 Felipe Silva Alvarez

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