Add User-Agent to http request headers

Reddit blocks requests without a set User-Agent. All http requests are now sent with a "Mozilla/5.0" User-Agent header.
ifl0w · May 1, 2023 · 58c3270 · 58c3270
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diff --git a/src/soupBowl.ts b/src/soupBowl.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ class SoupBowl {
     }
 
     newGetMessage(uri: string) {
-        return Soup.Message.new('GET', uri);
+        const message = Soup.Message.new('GET', uri);
+        // set User-Agent to appear more like a standard browser
+        message.request_headers.append('User-Agent', 'Mozilla/5.0');
+        return message;
     }
 
     // Possibly wrong version here causing ignores to type checks