Kangaroo Bot
Kangaroo LLM •
Since 2024
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What is Kangaroo Bot?
Kangaroo Bot collects textual content from Australian websites for training open-source AI models tailored to Australian language, culture, and context. The project aims to develop AI models that better understand Australian English, local references, and cultural nuances. The bot respects robots.txt directives and focuses specifically on Australian web content.
User Agent String
Kangaroo Bot
How to Control Kangaroo Bot
Block Completely
To prevent Kangaroo Bot from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
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: Kangaroo Bot
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify Kangaroo Bot
Verification Method:
Check user agent string for Kangaroo Bot identifier
Check user agent string for Kangaroo Bot identifier
Learn more in the official documentation.
⚠️ AI Training Notice
This bot may collect and use your website content for AI model training. Consider whether you want your content used for this purpose before allowing access.
This bot may collect and use your website content for AI model training. Consider whether you want your content used for this purpose before allowing access.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect Kangaroo Bot in your application:
Basic Pattern
/Kangaroo Bot/iStrict Pattern
/^Kangaroo Bot$/Flexible Pattern
/Kangaroo Bot[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/iVendor Match
/.*Kangaroo LLM.*Kangaroo/iImplementation Examples
// PHP Detection for Kangaroo Bot
function detect_kangaroo_bot() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/Kangaroo Bot/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('Kangaroo Bot 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for Kangaroo Bot
import re
from flask import request, make_responsedef detect_kangaroo_bot():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'Kangaroo Bot'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False# Django Middleware
class KangarooBotMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for Kangaroo Bot
const express = require('express');
const app = express();// Middleware to detect Kangaroo Bot
function detectKangarooBot(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /Kangaroo Bot/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('Kangaroo Bot detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'Kangaroo Bot';
}
next();
}app.use(detectKangarooBot);
# Apache .htaccess rules for Kangaroo Bot# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Kangaroo Bot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Kangaroo Bot [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Kangaroo Bot" is_bot=1# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /Kangaroo Bot/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for Kangaroo Bot# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_kangaroo_bot {
default 0;
~*Kangaroo Bot 1;
}server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_kangaroo_bot) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_kangaroo_bot) {
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_kangaroo_bot) {
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 | Limit Access | Protect pricing and inventory data from AI training |
| Blog/News | Consider Blocking | Your content may be used for AI training without compensation |
| 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: Kangaroo Bot
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: Kangaroo Bot
# Blocking AI training bot
Disallow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
Kangaroo BotRobots.txt Name
Kangaroo BotCategory
aiRespects robots.txt
Yes
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