Another round of tips on tricky parts of the Salesforce SOAP API. Learn about the new initial login URL (API 17 and above), field validation errors, and more.
Monthly Archives: January 2010
On User Agent Strings and Bots
Posted by Drew Stephens on 2010/01/12
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User agent strings are the obvious way to identify web spiders, but only a few bots make that easy. Many bots present as browsers, making a comprehensive list of bot user agent strings impossible.