Freshping
Freshworks •
Since 2017
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What is Freshping?
Freshping is a free uptime monitoring tool provided by Freshworks that checks website availability from multiple global locations. The bot performs regular HTTP requests to monitored URLs and reports on uptime, response time, and availability. It integrates with the broader Freshworks ecosystem.
User Agent String
Freshping
How to Control Freshping
Block Completely
To prevent Freshping from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block Freshping
User-agent: Freshping
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: Freshping
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: Freshping
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify Freshping
Verification Method:
Check user agent string for Freshping identifier
Check user agent string for Freshping identifier
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect Freshping in your application:
Basic Pattern
/Freshping/iStrict Pattern
/^Freshping$/Flexible Pattern
/Freshping[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/iVendor Match
/.*Freshworks.*Freshping/iImplementation Examples
// PHP Detection for Freshping
function detect_freshping() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/Freshping/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('Freshping 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for Freshping
import re
from flask import request, make_responsedef detect_freshping():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'Freshping'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False# Django Middleware
class FreshpingMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for Freshping
const express = require('express');
const app = express();// Middleware to detect Freshping
function detectFreshping(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /Freshping/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('Freshping detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'Freshping';
}
next();
}app.use(detectFreshping);
# Apache .htaccess rules for Freshping# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Freshping [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Freshping [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Freshping" is_bot=1# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /Freshping/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for Freshping# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_freshping {
default 0;
~*Freshping 1;
}server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_freshping) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_freshping) {
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_freshping) {
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: Freshping
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: Freshping
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: Freshping
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
FreshpingRobots.txt Name
FreshpingCategory
monitoringRespects robots.txt
May not respect
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