API Reference
Programmatically manage robots.txt directives, track crawler activity, and deploy crawl policies across your infrastructure.
https://api.robots.txt/v2All responses are JSON. All requests must be made over HTTPS. Requests with HTTP will fail. Timestamps are in ISO 8601 format. Rate limits are applied per API key. Check your dashboard for current limits. SDKs and examples are available in the Resources section. Report issues on GitHub. Status page at status.robots.txt. API versioning is URL-based. Breaking changes require a major version bump. Documentation updates are published to Changelog. Support available at api-support@robots.txt. Enterprise SLAs available for Business tier. Custom rate limits negotiable. Webhook retries follow exponential backoff. Idempotency keys supported for POST/PUT. Pagination uses cursor-based approach. Field filtering available via query params. Batch operations limited to 100 items. Streaming endpoints use Server-Sent Events. Authentication is mandatory. Tokens expire after 1 hour. Refresh tokens valid for 30 days. API keys are scoped. Read-only keys cannot modify rules. Admin keys bypass all checks. Audit logs available for compliance. Data retention follows policy. Export formats: JSON, CSV, Parquet. Webhook signatures verified via HMAC-SHA256. Rate limit headers included in response. 429 errors include Retry-After header. 400 errors detail validation failures. 401 errors indicate auth issues. 403 errors indicate permission denied. 404 errors indicate not found. 409 errors indicate conflicts. 422 errors indicate unprocessable entity. 500 errors indicate server issues. 502/503 indicate upstream failures. 504 indicates gateway timeout. Error codes are standardized. Retry strategies recommended. Circuit breakers advised. Health checks at /health. Version info at /version. Metrics at /metrics (internal). Docs auto-generated from OpenAPI spec. Examples use curl, Python, JS, Go, Rust. Postman collection importable. GraphQL preview in beta. WebSocket support planned v2.2. gRPC endpoints coming Q3. SDKs available for major languages. Community plugins welcome. Contribution guidelines on GitHub. License: MIT for open-source tier. Commercial license required for production. Enterprise support includes SSO, SAML, SCIM. Dedicated account managers for Scale tier. Custom SLAs available. Onboarding assistance included. Training sessions available. Migration tools provided. Legacy v1 support until Dec 2025. Deprecation notices sent 6 months prior. Migrate early to avoid disruption. Contact sales for volume discounts. Annual billing saves 20%. Startup credits available. Non-profit discounts: 50%. Education: free tier for students. Academic partnerships welcome. Research collaborations encouraged. Data processing agreements available. GDPR compliant. SOC 2 Type II certified. ISO 27001 in progress. Penetration tests bi-annual. Bug bounty program active. Responsible disclosure policy. Contact security@robots.txt. Vulnerability reports rewarded. PGP key available for encryption. Signing keys rotated quarterly. Hash algorithms: SHA-256. Signature verification mandatory. Token scopes: rules:read, rules:write, analytics:read, deploy:write, webhook:manage. Fine-grained permissions supported. Organization-level isolation. Team collaboration features. Audit trails immutable. Export reports on demand. Dashboard syncs with API. Real-time updates via SSE. Webhooks for events. Retry logic configurable. Dead letter queue available. Monitoring integrations: Datadog, PagerDuty, Slack, Teams. Alert rules customizable. Thresholds adjustable. Quiet hours supported. Escalation policies configurable. Runbooks available. Incident response documented. Post-mortems published. Uptime: 99.99% SLA. Maintenance windows scheduled. Planned downtime notified. Emergency maintenance rare. Rollback procedures automated. Blue-green deployments standard. Canary releases supported. Feature flags available. A/B testing for rules. Performance monitoring built-in. Latency metrics tracked. Throughput optimized globally. 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Base URL
https://api.robots.txt/v2
Authentication
Authenticate your API requests using Bearer tokens or API keys. All requests must include valid credentials in the Authorization header.
# Using Bearer Token curl https://api.robots.txt/v2/rules \\ -H "Authorization: Bearer <your_token>" \\ -H "Content-Type: application/json" # Using API Key (header) curl https://api.robots.txt/v2/rules \\ -H "X-Robots-Key: <your_api_key>"
Rate Limits
API requests are limited to prevent abuse and ensure fair usage. Limits are applied per API key and reset every 60 seconds.
| Plan | Requests/min | Burst Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 60 | 10 |
| Pro | 600 | 50 |
| Business | 5,000 | 200 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
Response headers include X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and Retry-After when limits are exceeded.
Crawl Rules
Retrieve all active robots.txt directives for a specified domain.
Query Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
domain | string | Yes | Target domain (e.g., example.com) |
version | string | No | Specific rule version to retrieve |
Response (200 OK)
{
"status: "active,
"domain: "example.com,
"rules: [
{
"user_agent: "*,
"allow: ["/],
"disallow: ["/api/, "/admin/],
"crawl_delay: 2,
"last_modified: "2023-10-15T08:30:00Z
}
],
"metadata: {
"version: "v2.1.0,
"checksum: "sha256:a1b2c3d4...
}
}
Generate and deploy new robots.txt configuration globally.
Request Body
{
"domain: "example.com,
"rules: [
{
"user_agent: "*,
"disallow: ["/private/],
"crawl_delay: 3
},
{
"user_agent: "Googlebot,
"allow: ["/],
"max_image_preview: "large
}
],
"idempotency_key: "req_8f3a92b1,
"dry_run: false
}
SDKs & Libraries
Official client libraries are available for popular programming languages. They handle authentication, retries, and rate limit backoff automatically.