From: Jos Backus <jos@...>
Date: 2005-04-09T08:10:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Net::HTTP problem with SAP (iView is not compatible...)

On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 07:32:20AM +0900, Jim Freeze wrote:
> I am trying to scrape some info from a web page (local intranet),
> but, instead of useful information, I get the message:
> 
>   iView is not compatible with your browser,...
>   
> This message is due to SAP. However, I suppose that there should
> be a way to emulate a browser so that I get real data, and
> not this message. 
 
You could try setting the User-Agent in the HTTP Request header so the site
thinks you're using Mozilla or such.

> Has anyone ran across this problem and solved it?
> If I ran my own proxy, would that tell me what the browser
> is sending the web host?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Jim Freeze
> Code Red. Code Ruby
> 
> 

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Jos Backus
jos at catnook.com