Re: user agent headers and elinks?
On 2016-11-03 Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Hi all,
> Here at shellworld we are using Ubuntu 16.04 with elinks compiled to
> support java scripting.
> I am working with the partner indigogo site generosity,
> www.generosity.com
> even in elinks the site does not allow one to log in or create an
> account.
> Now, just for kicks, I tried visiting the same site in lynx but with the
> send user agent function turned off.
> I do not know what lynx uses if you turn off the send user agent feature,
> but such often gets me past problem places, and such was the case with
> generosity.com
> So, I am wondering about the elinks user agent.
> The site may work better in general with elinks, if I can get it to work,
> and since the user agent seemed to help, I wanted to try this possibility.
> Thoughts?
> Kare
Hi,
Elinks has an interactive configuration system accessible with
F10. What you need here is this:
F10 -> "Setup" -> "Options manager" -> "Protocols" (expand options
list with the '+' key) -> "HTTP" -> "User-agent identification" and
then push the "Edit" button. There you can craft your own
user-agent header. Setting it to " " causes Elinks to send no
user-agent header at all.
HTH, Morten
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