Arachnid Shield API
GoodBotVerifiedSecurityAGENTOperated by Canadian Centre for Child Protection Docs
What is Arachnid Shield API?
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Arachnid Shield API is a web crawler operated by Canadian Centre for Child Protection. Fetches a media file upon request of the domain owner and scans it for CSAM.
Details
- Bot Name
- Arachnid Shield API
- Slug
- arachnid-shield-api
- Kind
- AGENT
- Verification
- Verified by Cloudflare
- Category
- Security
- Operator
- Canadian Centre for Child Protection
User-Agent Patterns
Arachnid ShieldFull User-Agent Strings
Main Use Cases
Why It Crawls Your Site
Arachnid Shield API crawls websites to scan for security vulnerabilities and potential threats. It is operated by Canadian Centre for Child Protection as part of their security infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
How to Block / Whitelist
Block Arachnid Shield API
Add a Disallow rule for Arachnid Shield 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 Arachnid Shield API from crawling your entire site User-agent: Arachnid Shield Disallow: / # Allow Arachnid Shield API full access User-agent: Arachnid Shield Allow: /
Whitelist Arachnid Shield API
Ensure your robots.txt allows Arachnid Shield. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Canadian Centre for Child Protection's documentation.
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Last updated: May 26, 2026