diff --git a/apis/api.py b/apis/api.py
index 436f382f..05f6bb35 100644
--- a/apis/api.py
+++ b/apis/api.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ def get_platforms(self, sort=None, filter=None, field_list=None):
             # certain number of items.
             params['offset'] = num_fetched_results
             result = requests.get(self.base_url + '/platforms/',
+                                  headers={'User-agent':'new-coder-tutorial'},
                                   params=params)
             result = result.json()
             if num_total_results is None: