Instagram and Snapchat browsers

[luigifab]

Can you detect them?

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_7 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 159.0.0.28.123 (iPhone11,8; iOS 13_7; cs_CZ; cs-CZ; scale=2.00; 828x1792; 244425769)

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_6_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Snapchat/11.1.0.65 (iPhone12,1; iOS 13.6.1; gzip)

Thanks

[hajro92]

They are detected as AppleWebKit 605.1.15 iPhone

[donatj]

@hajro92 What version are you running? I'm seeing both the strings above returned as AppleWebKit 605.1.15 iPhone

[hajro92]

@donatj Sorry it was my bad, you're right. It shows AppleWebKit 605.1.15 iPhone

[donatj]

I'm on the fence about this.

On the one hand I don't want to have to support every single apps web view and this could set a bad precedent.

On the other hand, greping my own access logs it seems like the usage is non-negligible…

I need to think on it.

[donatj]

Break down from my last 2 million requests…

requests	ua
1	Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 14_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 160.1.0.31.120 (iPad6,11; iOS 14_0_1; en_GB; en-GB; scale=2.00; 1334x750; 246979827)
15	Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 14_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 160.1.0.31.120 (iPad6,11; iOS 14_0_1; en_GB; en-GB; scale=2.00; 1334x750; 246979827) NW/1
16	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_6_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 158.1.0.29.120 (iPhone10,4; iOS 13_6_1; en_GB; en-GB; scale=2.00; 750x1334; 244229785)
17	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_6_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 158.1.0.29.120 (iPhone12,8; iOS 13_6_1; en_GB; en-GB; scale=2.00; 750x1334; 244229785)
7	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_7 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 159.0.0.28.123 (iPhone10,4; iOS 13_7; en_US; en-US; scale=2.34; 750x1331; 244425769)
18	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_7 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 159.0.0.28.123 (iPhone9,1; iOS 13_7; en_US; en-US; scale=2.00; 750x1334; 244425769)
16	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 160.1.0.31.120 (iPhone10,4; iOS 14_0_1; en_GB; en-GB; scale=2.34; 750x1331; 246979827)
1	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 160.1.0.31.120 (iPhone8,1; iOS 14_0; en_GB; en-GB; scale=2.00; 750x1334; 246979827)
15	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/15E148 Instagram 160.1.0.31.120 (iPhone8,1; iOS 14_0; en_GB; en-GB; scale=2.00; 750x1334; 246979827) NW/1
17	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; ONEPLUS A6013 Build/QKQ1.190716.003; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.101 Mobile Safari/537.36 Instagram 159.0.0.40.122 Android (29/10; 420dpi; 1080x2134; OnePlus; ONEPLUS A6013; OnePlus6T; qcom; en_US; 245196084)
3	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; SM-A515F Build/QP1A.190711.020; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.101 Mobile Safari/537.36 Instagram 158.0.0.30.123 Android (29/10; 345dpi; 1080x2280; samsung; SM-A515F; a51; exynos9611; es_ES; 243646269)
19	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.0.0; SM-A520W Build/R16NW; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/74.0.3729.112 Mobile Safari/537.36 Instagram 159.0.0.40.122 Android (26/8.0.0; 480dpi; 1080x1920; samsung; SM-A520W; a5y17ltecan; samsungexynos7880; en_CA; 245196084)
17	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 9; Redmi Note 6 Pro Build/PKQ1.180904.001; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.101 Mobile Safari/537.36 Instagram 160.0.0.24.132 Android (28/9; 352dpi; 1080x2088; Xiaomi/xiaomi; Redmi Note 6 Pro; tulip; qcom; tr_TR; 246123425)
17	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 9; SM-G955U Build/PPR1.180610.011; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.101 Mobile Safari/537.36 Instagram 159.0.0.40.122 Android (28/9; 420dpi; 1080x2094; samsung; SM-G955U; dream2qltesq; qcom; en_US; 245196084)

requests	ua
32	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_6_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1.2 Mobile/15E148 Snapchat/11.0.6.81 (like Safari/604.1)
16	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_6_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1.2 Mobile/15E148 Snapchat/11.1.0.65 (like Safari/604.1)
32	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_7 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1.2 Mobile/15E148 Snapchat/11.0.6.81 (like Safari/604.1)
19	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_7 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1.2 Mobile/15E148 Snapchat/11.1.0.65 (like Safari/604.1)
16	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0 Mobile/15E148 Snapchat/11.2.0.73 (like Safari/604.1)
1	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0 Mobile/15E148 Snapchat/11.2.1.0 (like Safari/604.1)
18	Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0 Mobile/15E148 Snapchat/11.2.0.73 (like Safari/604.1)
18	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; GM1913 Build/QKQ1.190716.003; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.101 Mobile Safari/537.36 Snapchat/11.0.6.82 (GM1913; Android 10#2007240000#29; gzip)
17	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; SM-A205U Build/QP1A.190711.020; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.101 Mobile Safari/537.36Snapchat11.0.6.82 (SM-A205U; Android 10#A205USQS6BTH1#29; gzip)
18	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; Pixel 4 Build/RP1A.200720.009; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.101 Mobile Safari/537.36Snapchat11.1.1.66 (Pixel 4; Android 11#6720564#30; gzip)
6	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.1.1; SM-J500H Build/LMY48B; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.81 Mobile Safari/537.36Snapchat11.0.1.72 (SM-J500H; Android 5.1.1#J500HXXS1AQG1#22; gzip)
20	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; SAMSUNG-SM-G900A Build/MMB29M; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/74.0.3729.136 Mobile Safari/537.36Snapchat10.89.6.78 (SAMSUNG-SM-G900A; Android 6.0.1#G900AUCS4DQD1#23; gzip)
18	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.1.0; LML713DL Build/OPM1.171019.019; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.127 Mobile Safari/537.36Snapchat11.1.7.81 (LML713DL; Android 8.1.0#201601759c828.FG#27; gzip)
19	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.1.0; SM-J727T Build/M1AJQ; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.101 Mobile Safari/537.36Snapchat11.0.6.82 (SM-J727T; Android 8.1.0#J727TUVS7BTC1#27; gzip)
17	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 9; SM-G950F Build/PPR1.180610.011; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/72.0.3626.121 Mobile Safari/537.36Snapchat11.0.1.72 (SM-G950F; Android 9#G950FXXS8DTC6#28; gzip)
5	Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 9; SM-G950U Build/PPR1.180610.011; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.81 Mobile Safari/537.36Snapchat11.0.6.82 (SM-G950U; Android 9#G950USQS7DTB3#28; gzip)

[nickdnk]

I'm on the fence about this.

On the one hand I don't want to have to support every single apps web view and this could set a bad precedent.

On the other hand, greping my own access logs it seems like the usage is non-negligible…

I need to think on it.

Isn't identifying the actual browser the most relevant here? Neither SnapChat or Instagram are browsers, they're just apps using a web-view running on Chrome or Safari underneath, for Android and iOS respectively.