# robot_detection
robot_detection is a python module to detect if a given HTTP User Agent is a web crawler. It uses the list of registered robots from http://www.robotstxt.org: (Robots Database)[http://www.robotstxt.org/db.html)
## Usage
There is only one, function, is_robot that takes a string (unicode or not) and returns True iff that string matches a known robot in the robotstxt.org robot database
### Example
>>> import robot_detection >>> robot_detection.is_robot(user_agent_string)
## Updating
You can download a new version of the Robot Database from (this link)[http://www.robotstxt.org/dbexport.html].
Download the database dump, and run the file robot_detection.py with the file as first argument.
$ wget http://www.robotstxt.org/db/all.txt $ python robot_detection.py all.txt
If the database has changed, it’ll print out the new version of robot_useragents variable that you need to put into the source code.
## Tests
Some simple unittests are included. Running the tests.py file will run the tests.
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
Release files for robot-detection 0.2.8
For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.
Source distribution (sdist)
| File | Size | Uploaded | Provenance | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| robot-detection-0.2.8.tar.gz | 77.3 kB | Without provenance | Details for robot-detection-0.2.8.tar.gz |
Release files / robot-detection-0.2.8.tar.gz
| Download URL | robot-detection-0.2.8.tar.gz |
|---|---|
| Size | 77.3 kB |
| Tags | Source |
|
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums |
90793053beefdf9d8177abed6632acdb2089ec3bb3938f055f00689f1ac5c0c7
|
|
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums |
1e42049b4338c370161568b4f3c76a2be81691a1b0c46b6569b33dcd08958ebb
|
| Upload date | |
|
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing? |
No |
Security for robot-detection 0.2.8
Provenance
Provenance describes where a file came from. On PyPI, provenance is shared via attestations, which provide a verifiable record of the build or publishing details. View details, limitations and caveats.
No provenance found
None of the files in this release were uploaded with provenance metadata.
A note on package security
PyPI is a repository for distributing packages, not a service for auditing them. While third-party security researchers and our staff do their best to detect and remove malicious packages, PyPI cannot guarantee the quality, security or suitability of any given package.
To learn more about protecting yourself from malicious actors, visit our package security documentation.
