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iosswiftuser-agentnsurlrequest

Change User-Agent

How can I change in my WebView the default string of User-Agent?

@IBOutlet weak var myWbView: UIWebView!
let myURL = NSURL(string: "http://http://web-example")
let myURLRequest:NSURLRequest = NSURLRequest(URL: myURL!)
myWbView.loadRequest(myURLRequest)
Solution

  • If you want to set User-Agent HTTP header for your request that is going to be used for Web-view loading,

    let userAgent = "Custom User Agent";
let myURL = NSURL(string: "http://http://web-example")
let myURLRequest:NSURLRequest = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: myURL!)
myWbView.loadRequest(myURLRequest)    
myURLRequest.setValue(userAgent, forHTTPHeaderField: "User-Agent")

    If you want to set User-Agent for all requests in your app, see this question How can I set the "User-Agent" header of a UIWebView in Swift