twitterbot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTA Twitter bot is a type of bot software that controls a Twitter account via the Twitter API. The bot software may autonomously perform actions such as tweeting, re-tweeting, liking, following, unfollowing, or direct messaging other accounts. Operated by Twitter.
What is twitterbot?
twitterbot is a web crawler operated by Twitter. A Twitter bot is a type of bot software that controls a Twitter account via the Twitter API. The bot software may autonomously perform actions such as tweeting, re-tweeting, liking, following, unfollowing, or direct messaging other accounts.
Identification
Twitterbot/Why it crawls your site
twitterbot crawls websites to generate link previews and thumbnails for shared URLs. It is operated by Twitter 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 twitterbot
Add a Disallow rule for Twitterbot/ 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 twitterbot from crawling your entire site User-agent: Twitterbot/ Disallow: / # Allow twitterbot full access User-agent: Twitterbot/ Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Twitterbot/. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Twitter's documentation.
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From the community
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