Slack Image Proxy
GoodBotVerifiedBOTThis robot is used to fetch and cache images posted into Slack channels. Operated by Slack.
What is Slack Image Proxy?
Slack Image Proxy is a web crawler operated by Slack. This robot is used to fetch and cache images posted into Slack channels.
Identification
Slack-ImgProxyWhy it crawls your site
Slack Image Proxy crawls websites to generate link previews and thumbnails for shared URLs. It is operated by Slack 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 Slack Image Proxy
Add a Disallow rule for Slack-ImgProxy 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 Slack Image Proxy from crawling your entire site User-agent: Slack-ImgProxy Disallow: / # Allow Slack Image Proxy full access User-agent: Slack-ImgProxy Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Slack-ImgProxy. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Slack's documentation.
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