OpenindexSpider
GoodBotCommunity-sourcedOpenindexSpider is a web crawler developed by Openindex B.V., designed to traverse the internet and index web pages for search engines. Its primary function is to collect and process data from various websites, facilitating the creation of comprehensive search indices. The spider operates under the user agent string: This user agent string indicates that OpenindexSpider is a bot developed by Openindex B.V. ( thadafinser.github.io ) OpenindexSpider is part of Openindex's suite of data extraction tools, which also includes a web crawler, advanced parser, and entity extraction services. These tools are designed to collect, parse, and extract specific data from the web, enabling users to gain valuable insights from large amounts of unstructured data. ( openindex.io ) For more detailed information about OpenindexSpider and its functionalities, you can visit Openindex's official website. ( openindex.io ) Operated by Openindex.
Identification
How we rated this bot
Identifies itself honestly, and we found no credible reports of abuse.
What we read
- What is robots.txt and does it affect web scraping? - Openindex
- google ignoring robots.txt ? - Google Search Central Community
- Problems with web crawlers not respecting robots.txt file - SSL / TLS
- Meta Has New Web-Crawling Bots That Sneakily Get Around Robots.txt - Business Insider
- OpenAI, Anthropic Ignore Rule That Prevents Bots Scraping Web ...
IP ranges
Requests from OpenindexSpider 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 OpenindexSpider
Add a Disallow rule for Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; OpenindexSpider; +https://www.openindex.io/saas/about-our-spider/) 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 OpenindexSpider from crawling your entire site User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; OpenindexSpider; +https://www.openindex.io/saas/about-our-spider/) Disallow: / # Allow OpenindexSpider full access User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; OpenindexSpider; +https://www.openindex.io/saas/about-our-spider/) Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; OpenindexSpider; +https://www.openindex.io/saas/about-our-spider/). Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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