telegrambot
GoodBotCommunity-sourcedThe official user-agent used by Telegram's servers to fetch link previews and metadata when a URL is shared within the Telegram messaging platform. Operated by Telegram FZ-LLC.
What is telegrambot?
TelegramBot is the automated agent operated by Telegram to process URLs shared by users in chats and channels. When a link is posted, this bot visits the destination to extract page titles, descriptions, and images, allowing the application to display a rich preview card. It respects standard web protocols and is essential for maintaining the visual functionality of shared content within the Telegram ecosystem.
Identification
Why it crawls your site
The bot crawls websites specifically to parse HTML metadata, such as Open Graph tags and Twitter Cards, to populate the preview interface in the Telegram client. It does not index content for search engines or store data for long-term analysis; its activity is strictly triggered by user interaction. Website administrators can verify this bot by checking that the request originates from Telegram's known IP ranges and matches the official user-agent string.
IP ranges
Requests from telegrambot originate from these published ranges. For strict verification, match the source IP against this list in addition to checking the user-agent and reverse-DNS.
Block or allow telegrambot
Add a Disallow rule for telegrambot in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block telegrambot from crawling your entire site User-agent: telegrambot Disallow: / # Allow telegrambot full access User-agent: telegrambot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows telegrambot. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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