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Factset_spyderbot

Name: Factset_spyderbot
Author: Factset

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Factset uses a Python Selenium Crawler for web scraping to deliver reliable, current financial data. Operated by Factset.

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Assessment

AI Crawler

What is Factset_spyderbot?

Factset_spyderbot is a web crawler operated by Factset. Factset uses a Python Selenium Crawler for web scraping to deliver reliable, current financial data. It is part of the growing wave of AI-powered crawlers that collect web data for training and improving AI models.

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

Identification

Bot name

Factset_spyderbot

Operator

Factset

Why it crawls your site

Factset_spyderbot crawls websites to collect and process web content for AI model training and improvement. It is operated by Factset as part of their AI and machine learning infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

Block or allow Factset_spyderbot

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for factset_spyderbot 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 Factset_spyderbot from crawling your entire site
User-agent: factset_spyderbot
Disallow: /

# Allow Factset_spyderbot full access
User-agent: factset_spyderbot
Allow: /

Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows factset_spyderbot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Factset's documentation.