@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ Generating documentation:
 
     $ sphinx-build -b html docs docs/html
 
-
 Installing dependencies:
 
-    $ [sudo] pip install requests
+    $ pip install requests responses
 
 Running tests:
 
 
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 import requests
 
 
+_VERSION = "0.1"
+_USER_AGENT = "GoogleGeoApiClientPython/%s" % _VERSION
+
 class Context(object):
     """Holds state between requests, such as credentials (API key), timeout
     settings"""
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ def _get(ctx, url, params):
     params["key"] = ctx.key
     resp = requests.get(
         "https://maps.googleapis.com" + url,
+        headers={"User-Agent": _USER_AGENT},
         verify=True, # NOTE(cbro): verify SSL certs.
         params=params)
 
 
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# TODO: move to test_common when PR #8 is merged.
+
+import googlemaps
+import unittest
+import responses
+
+class UATest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @responses.activate
+    def test_ua_sent(self):
+        responses.add(responses.GET,
+                      "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json",
+                      body='{"status":"OK","results":[]}',
+                      status=200,
+                      content_type='application/json')
+
+        ctx = googlemaps.Context(key="AIzaasdf")
+        googlemaps.geocode(ctx, "Sesame St.")
+
+        self.assertEquals(1, len(responses.calls))
+        user_agent = responses.calls[0].request.headers["User-Agent"]
+        self.assertTrue(user_agent.startswith("GoogleGeoApiClientPython"))