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discordBot

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The discordBot scrapes URLs that are shared within the Discord chat platform. This is done to generate contextual previews of the content, including titles, descriptions, and images. Operated by Discord, Inc..

Operator website ↗

GoodBot

Assessment

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What is discordBot?

discordBot is a web crawler operated by Discord, Inc.. The discordBot scrapes URLs that are shared within the Discord chat platform. This is done to generate contextual previews of the content, including titles, descriptions, and images.

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Identification

Bot name

discordBot

Operator

Discord, Inc.

How we rated this bot

Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.

Names itself honestly

Yes

Verified by Cloudflare

Yes

Says it follows robots.txt and opt-outs

Not stated

Ignores site rules

None found

Disguises itself or evades blocks

None found

Overloads sites

None found

How widely people complain

No complaint about this bot in the evidence

Reddit discussion

There is no Reddit discussion of this bot in the evidence

What we read

Why it crawls your site

discordBot crawls websites to generate link previews and thumbnails for shared URLs. It is operated by Discord, Inc. as part of their link preview infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

Block or allow discordBot

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for Discordbot/ 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 discordBot from crawling your entire site
User-agent: Discordbot/
Disallow: /

# Allow discordBot full access
User-agent: Discordbot/
Allow: /

Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows Discordbot/. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Discord, Inc.'s documentation.