Bot signals · Web crawler
What is AppBeat monitoring IPv6?
Requests from AppBeat monitoring IPv6 are known automated traffic from a search engine, SEO tool, archive or other web service that crawls or fetches web pages.
01 · Profile
AppBeat monitoring IPv6 at a glance.
What to look for in your logs, and what the lookup API returns for its addresses.
- Type
- Web crawler
- API flag
risk.is_crawler
A user agent alone never sets a flag. Anyone can claim to be AppBeat monitoring IPv6; the flag follows the address the request comes from.
02 · In the response
What a match looks like.
A lookup of a AppBeat monitoring IPv6 address sets risk.is_crawler. The flags come with geolocation and network data in the same response, for API keys on every paid plan.
The response says which kind of bot an address belongs to, not which operator. A request that claims to be AppBeat monitoring IPv6 while risk.is_crawler is false should not be trusted as AppBeat monitoring IPv6.
{
// … location and network fields …
"risk": {
"is_ai": false,
"is_crawler": true,
"is_scanner": false
}
}
03 · Control
Allow or block AppBeat monitoring IPv6.
Your options
- robots.txt works only for crawlers that choose to follow it. Check the operator’s documentation for the token it reads.
- Firewall, WAF or CDN. Many offer bot rules you can allow or deny by category. Use them to enforce what robots.txt only asks for.
- In your app. Look up the client address and allow or deny on
risk.is_crawler, alongside the user agent. - Never on the user agent alone. Blocking the name stops only honest clients; allowing it lets anyone in who borrows it.
04 · Questions
About AppBeat monitoring IPv6.
What is AppBeat monitoring IPv6?
Requests from AppBeat monitoring IPv6 are known automated traffic from a search engine, SEO tool, archive or other web service that crawls or fetches web pages.
How do I block AppBeat monitoring IPv6?
Deny it at your firewall, WAF or CDN, or look up each client address and deny requests where risk.is_crawler is true. Do not rely on the user agent alone.
Can I trust a request that says it is AppBeat monitoring IPv6?
Not on the user agent alone: any client can send a bot’s name in its user agent. A user agent alone never sets a flag. Check the address with the free bot checker or the lookup API.
Which risk flag does AppBeat monitoring IPv6 set?
Its addresses set risk.is_crawler in the lookup response. The risk flags come with every paid plan.
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