IbouBot
risk.is_crawler
- Method
- Ranges Published IP ranges
- Official file
- Format
- JSON range file
- Refresh
- Every hour. If a refresh fails, entries expire after 24 hours instead of being trusted forever.
Bot signals — Search & SEO crawler
IbouBot IP addresses
IbouBot
01 — Verification
How IPAPI.GR verifies IbouBot.
Only from what IbouBot publishes about itself. No third-party blocklists, no behavioural guesses. Live address counts change with every publication, so check the official file for the current list.
02 — In the response
What a match looks like.
A lookup of a IbouBot address sets risk.is_crawler. The flags come with geolocation and network data in the same response, for Pro API keys.
The response says which kind of bot an address belongs to, not which operator. Pair it with the user agent: a request that claims to be IbouBot but doesn't match is unverified.
{
// … location and network fields …
"risk": {
"is_ai": false,
"is_crawler": true,
"is_scanner": false
}
}
03 — Configuration
Allow, block or verify it yourself.
# 1. Build a geo include from the official file (cron, e.g. hourly).
# Keep the old file if the download fails or comes back empty.
curl -fsS https://www.ibou.com/iboubot-ip-ranges.json \
| jq -r '.prefixes[] | (.ipv4Prefix // .ipv6Prefix // empty) | "\(.) 1;"' \
> /etc/nginx/iboubot-ranges.conf.new && [ -s /etc/nginx/iboubot-ranges.conf.new ] && mv /etc/nginx/iboubot-ranges.conf.new /etc/nginx/iboubot-ranges.conf \
&& nginx -t -q && nginx -s reload
# 2. In the http block: 1 when the client IP is in the published ranges.
geo $iboubot_ip {
default 0;
include /etc/nginx/iboubot-ranges.conf;
}
prefixes array.04 — Questions
About IbouBot.
Where does IbouBot publish its IP addresses?
IbouBot publishes its addresses at https://www.ibou.com/iboubot-ip-ranges.json. IPAPI.GR reads that publication directly, not a third-party copy.
How often is the IbouBot list refreshed?
IPAPI.GR re-fetches it every hour. If a refresh fails, the previous entries expire after at most 24 hours instead of being trusted forever.
Which risk flag does IbouBot set?
A matching address sets risk.is_crawler in the lookup response. The risk flags are returned for Pro API keys.
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