HandsetDetection / detection-apikit-java

Device detection APIKit in Java using Handset Detection. Detecting devices, platforms (operating system), browsers and apps. This is a rewrite of the previous Java API Kit.

Java API Kit v4, implementing v4.0 of the HandsetDetection API.

API Kits can use our web service or resolve detections locally depending on your configuration.

Installation

The Java API Kit is released via JCenter. You can include it in your project using your preferred build tool, such as Gradle, Maven, SBT...

Example configuration for Gradle:

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.handsetdetection:detection-apikit-java:4.2.1'
}

For detailed instructions, direct downloads and other information visit the Java API Kit page on Bintray.

Configuration

API Kit configuration files can be downloaded directly from Handset Detection.

1. Login to your dashboard
2. Click 'Add a Site'
3. Configure your new site
4. Grab the config file variables for your API Kit (from the site settings)
5. Place the variables into the hdconfig.properties file

Examples

Instantiate the HD4 object

import com.handsetdetection.HD4;
import com.handsetdetection.data.*;

// Using the default config file: hdconfig.properties in the current working directory
HD4 hd = new HD4();

// OR using a custom config file
HD4 hd = new HD4("/tmp/myCustomConfigFile.properties");

List all vendors

if (hd.deviceVendors()) {
    Reply data = hd.getReply();
    List<String> vendors = data.getVendor();
} else {
    System.out.println(hd.getError());
}

List all device models for a vendor (Nokia)

if (hd.deviceModels("Nokia")) {
    Reply data =  hd.getReply();
    List<String> models = data.getModel();
} else {
    System.out.println(hd.getError());
}

View information for a specific device (Nokia N95)

if (hd.deviceView("Nokia","N95")) {
    Reply data =  hd.getReply();
    HdSpecs deviceSpecs = data.getDevice();
} else {
    System.out.println(hd.getError());
}

What devices have this attribute ?

if (hd.deviceWhatHas("network","CDMA")) {
    Reply data =  hd.getReply();
    List<DeviceSummary> devices = data.getDevices();
} else {
    System.out.println(hd.getError());
}

Basic device detection

hd.setDetectVar("user-agent","Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.2; U; Series60/3.1 NokiaN95-3/20.2.011 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/413");
hd.setDetectVar("x-wap-profile","http://nds1.nds.nokia.com/uaprof/NN95-1r100.xml");
if (hd.deviceDetect()) {
    Reply data =  hd.getReply();
    HdSpecs deviceSpecs = data.getDevice();
} else {
    System.out.println(hd.getError());
}

Download the Full Ultimate Edition

// Increase the default timeout before downloading the archive
hd.setTimeout(500);
if (hd.deviceFetchArchive()) {
    byte[] data =  hd.getRawReply();
    System.out.println("Downloaded " + data.length + " bytes");
} else {
    System.out.println(hd.getError());
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(hd.getRawReply()));
}

Download the Community Ultimate Edition

hd.setTimeout(500);
if (hd.communityFetchArchive()) {
    byte[] data =  hd.getRawReply();
    System.out.println("Downloaded " + data.length + " bytes");
} else {
    System.out.println(hd.getError());
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(hd.getRawReply()));
}

Flexible Caching Options

This version includes several caching options:

• In-memory (Guava Cache)
• Filesystem
• Memcached
• Redis

Using Guava

Include the following cache configuration in your config file.

cache.memory.maximumSize = 10000000

or simply,

cache.memory = true

Using the filesystem

Include this cache configuration in your config file:

cache.file.directory = /tmp

or simply,

cache.file = true

Using Memcached

Include the following cache configuration in your config file.

cache.memcached.servers = server1.example.com:11211 server2.example.com:11211

or simply,

cache.memcached = true

Using Redis

We also have Redis as a caching option. Use a caching config as follows:

cache.redis.uri = redis://localhost/

or simply,

cache.redis = true

Disabling the cache

cache.none = true

Extra Examples

Additional examples can be found in the Examples.java file.

Getting Started with the Free usage tier and Community Edition

After signing up with our service you'll be on a free usage tier which entitles you to 20,000 Cloud detections (web service) per month, and access to our Community Edition for Ultimate (stand alone) detection. The archive for stand alone detection can be downloaded manually however its easiest to configure the API kit with your credentials and let the API kit do the heavy lifting for you. See examples above for how to do this.

Instructions for manually installing the archive are available at v4 API Ultimate Community Edition, Getting Started.

Unit testing

Unit tests use JUnit and can be found in the src/test directory.

API Documentation

See the v4 API Documentation.

API Kits

See the Handset Detection GitHub Repo.

Support

Let us know if you have any hassles ([e-mail]).