Hi all. Is it possible to use the Netlify redirect rules to target mobile users—perhaps by looking at the user-agent header? I see docs here that let you target headers Redirects and rewrites | Netlify Docs but it seems like they only let you do exact matches?

Hi @mrcoles , you can’t currently target specific user agents with Netlify redirects. Typically, people make sites with responsive layouts, use img srcset, etc. Can you tell me more about what you’re trying to accomplish with UA based redirects that you can’t do with these common techniques?

Thanks for the response @futuregerald ! Yeah, I’m well versed in responsive layouts. At the moment, I’m working on a page that has a rather different looking mobile experience from desktop, so there’s basically mutually exclusive HTML, CSS, and JS between the two (also the desktop one still responsiv…

I have similar issue. I want to pre-render different static HTML page versions for mobile and desktop in an SPA, and redirect the user to a correct one on first load to avoid screen flickering. Ideally I’d like to have a redirect rule based on screen size, not on user agent.

this is an interesting use case - i think that you should chime in here: [image] Expanding functionality of redirects Features A few people have questions & wishlists regarding redirects. If you have an opinion you’d like to share, comment below. The more information we …

Thanks for suggestion, I will do that.

Hi, I have a very convoluted use case for user-agent based redirects or user-agent based content. (content proffered to reduce SEO canonical url problems & further redirects) I’m looking to implement Deploying ES2015+ Code in Production Today — Philip Walton which serves JS assets in both ES5 and …

I wouldn’t recommend it for SEO purposes - using a function for every request will add some additional time to serving each request, which might reduce the SEO value :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m also looking for a solution like this. I have a react SPA that is client side rendered. There are different user profile pages. In an SPA that uses client side rendering, if you share these profiles links to Twitter, twitter will use the static meta tags that were built into the application so t…

There’s still no way to do this natively using Netlify Redirects. However, a feature called Edge Handlers is in works and once it’s live, that could be used in this case.

Redirect rule for mobile based on useragent?

Support

perry May 22, 2019, 3:33pm 5

this is an interesting use case - i think that you should chime in here:

Topic		Replies	Views
Separate sites for mobile/small screens and desktop/ large screens Opentalk redirects	4	1078	December 8, 2021
Expanding functionality of redirects Features	44	7395	August 31, 2022
Redirect based on browser (aka: no one likes Internet Explorer) Support redirects	3	1426	July 28, 2020
Redirect rules filtered by user agent to prevent social previews Support redirects	3	139	January 30, 2025
Redirect mobile users to a site designed for smartphones Support netlify-newbie , redirects	3	880	February 28, 2020

Redirect rule for mobile based on useragent?

Related topics