User-Agent string

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Hi guys,
Can anybody describe
(1)what is User-Agent string in Roku?
(2)Can i get like : Roku/DVP-5.0 (025.00E08043A)
i mean how can i get output in the complete form like Roku/DVP-5.0 (025.00E08043A).
please give some example also, because i have found some information regarding this here in forum but not understanding completely.

Thanks in advance,

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If anybody have any idea please share your views,it will be helpful for forums user also.

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Full disclosure, this is reverse engineered from the devices that I have and not necessarily correct.

The user agent string shows that you are accessing content with a roku device and provides the SW build that you are running. For example:
Roku/DVP-5.0 (025.00E08043A)

Means you are running Version 5.0 build 8043. The green characters appear to never change. I’m guessing the 02 might indicate a particular device, but I’m not sure.

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This should work:

di=createobject("roDeviceInfo")
version=di.GetVersion()
version_major=mid(version,3,1)
version_minor=mid(version,5,2)
version_build=mid(version,8,5)

if version_minor.toint() < 10 then
    version_minor=mid(version_minor,2)
end if
userAgent="Roku/DVP-"+version_major+"."+version_minor+" ("+version+")"
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You can also set the User-Agent string to anything you want, e.g:

ui = CreateObject ("roVideoScreen")
ui.AddHeader ("User-Agent", "Apple TV - version 42")
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Ha!

  • Joel
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I know this is an old post, but I was looking for this same info, and this is the post that came up in a google search…

I have made some corrections to the original answer as well, I’m sure by now all device values have been discovered, but I will add the ones I know of.

Roku/DVP-5.0 (025.00E08043A)

Means you are running Version 5.0 build 8043. The green characters appear to never change. The 02 indicates the device type.
03 - Roku LT
04 - Roku 3
09 - Roku Stick

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@pir8radio can you link that google search post? Also do you know if different versions of Roku present different user agent strings? For example, do user agent strings for Roku premiere differ from the user agent strings for Roku ultra?

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This seems to produce

Roku/DVP-9.99 (999.99E99999A)

Don’t think that is accurate? Is there an updated way to generate the UA string?

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@mdale , GetVersion() is deprecated. Use GetOSVersion().