module RandomUserAgent
This class defines the Random User Agent
Constants
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Public Class Methods
randomize()
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randomize an user agent
@return [String] string format of random user agent
# File lib/random_user_agent.rb, line 1016 def self.randomize # initialize a fake browser if @fakebrowser === nil @fakebrowser = Browser.new end sum_stats = 0 browser_name = "" rcount = 0 # sum stats frequency for range rolling @fakebrowser.statistics.each_value{|stat| sum_stats += stat } roll = rand(0..sum_stats) # get a random browser name... based on frequency @fakebrowser.statistics.each {|key, value| if (roll <= (rcount += value)) and (browser_name.eql? "") browser_name = key end } # get browser use agent array user_agent_array = @fakebrowser.browser(browser_name) user_agent_array.shuffle(random: Random.new(roll)) user_agent = user_agent_array.sample(random: Random.new(roll)) #choice for ruby 1.8.7 end