Apple App Site Association
GoodBotVerifiedBOTThe Apple App Site Association is used to support "Universal Links" that can open in native iOS apps. The bot requests a specific path for a given hostname, which returns metadata that associates certain URL patterns with native iOS apps. Operated by Apple.
What is Apple App Site Association?
Apple App Site Association is a web crawler operated by Apple. The Apple App Site Association is used to support "Universal Links" that can open in native iOS apps. The bot requests a specific path for a given hostname, which returns metadata that associates certain URL patterns with native iOS apps.
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AASA-Bot/Why it crawls your site
Apple App Site Association crawls websites to collect and process web content. It is operated by Apple as part of their web crawling infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow Apple App Site Association
Add a Disallow rule for AASA-Bot/ 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 Apple App Site Association from crawling your entire site User-agent: AASA-Bot/ Disallow: / # Allow Apple App Site Association full access User-agent: AASA-Bot/ Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows AASA-Bot/. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Apple's documentation.
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