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Miscellaneous

utils.misc_functions.get_os_version​

Attempts to parse the lamp.analytics data to get the phone OS, version and device type information.

Args​

  • participant_id: (string) the participant id.

Returns​

A dictionary comtaining "device_type", "os_version", and "phone_type". Each parameter will be None if it cannot be parsed or if there is no lamp.analytics data.

Please note that the lamp.analytics 'user_agent' information was updated in Spring 2022. This code will not work with older data.

Example​

cortex.utils.misc_functions.get_os_version("U1234567890")

Output:

{
  "device_type": "iOS",
  "os_version": "14.7.1",
  "phone_type": "iPhone12,1"
}