AwarioSmartBot
Awario •
Since 2018
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What is AwarioSmartBot?
AwarioSmartBot powers Awario's social listening and brand monitoring platform. The bot crawls websites, forums, blogs, and news sites to find mentions of brands, products, or keywords that Awario users are tracking. This enables businesses to monitor their online reputation, track competitors, and discover sales opportunities. The crawler focuses on finding fresh content and discussions relevant to brand monitoring, making it valuable for social media managers and digital marketers tracking brand mentions across the web.
User Agent String
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AwarioSmartBot/1.0; +https://awario.com/bot.html)
How to Control AwarioSmartBot
Block Completely
To prevent AwarioSmartBot from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /public/
Set Crawl Delay
To slow down the crawl rate (note: not all bots respect this directive):
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify AwarioSmartBot
Verification Method:
Awario bot identification
Awario bot identification
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect AwarioSmartBot in your application:
Basic Pattern
/AwarioSmartBot/i
Strict Pattern
/^Mozilla/5\.0 \(compatible; AwarioSmartBot/1\.0; \+https\://awario\.com/bot\.html\)$/
Flexible Pattern
/AwarioSmartBot[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/i
Vendor Match
/.*Awario.*AwarioSmartBot/i
Implementation Examples
// PHP Detection for AwarioSmartBot
function detect_awariosmartbot() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/AwarioSmartBot/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('AwarioSmartBot detected from IP: ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
// Set cache headers
header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600');
header('X-Robots-Tag: noarchive');
// Optional: Serve cached version
if (file_exists('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html')) {
readfile('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for AwarioSmartBot
import re
from flask import request, make_response
def detect_awariosmartbot():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'AwarioSmartBot'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False
# Django Middleware
class AwarioSmartBotMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for AwarioSmartBot
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// Middleware to detect AwarioSmartBot
function detectAwarioSmartBot(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /AwarioSmartBot/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('AwarioSmartBot detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'AwarioSmartBot';
}
next();
}
app.use(detectAwarioSmartBot);
# Apache .htaccess rules for AwarioSmartBot
# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AwarioSmartBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AwarioSmartBot [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]
# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "AwarioSmartBot" is_bot=1
# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /AwarioSmartBot/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for AwarioSmartBot
# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_awariosmartbot {
default 0;
~*AwarioSmartBot 1;
}
server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_awariosmartbot) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_awariosmartbot) {
root /var/www/cached;
try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/index.html @backend;
}
try_files $uri @backend;
}
# Add headers for bot requests
location @backend {
if ($is_awariosmartbot) {
add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600";
add_header X-Robots-Tag "noarchive";
}
proxy_pass http://backend;
}
}
Should You Block This Bot?
Recommendations based on your website type:
| Site Type | Recommendation | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce | Optional | Evaluate based on bandwidth usage vs. benefits |
| Blog/News | Allow | Increases content reach and discoverability |
| SaaS Application | Block | No benefit for application interfaces; preserve resources |
| Documentation | Selective | Allow for public docs, block for internal docs |
| Corporate Site | Limit | Allow for public pages, block sensitive areas like intranets |
Advanced robots.txt Configurations
E-commerce Site Configuration
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Crawl-delay: 5
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /*?sort=
Disallow: /*?filter=
Disallow: /*&page=
Allow: /products/
Allow: /categories/
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Publishing/Blog Configuration
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
AwarioSmartBot
Robots.txt Name
AwarioSmartBot
Category
seo, other
Respects robots.txt
Yes
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