StatusCake
StatusCake •
Since 2012
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What is StatusCake?
StatusCake is a website monitoring service that provides uptime monitoring, page speed testing, and domain monitoring from multiple global locations. The bot performs regular checks to ensure websites are accessible and performing well, with instant alerts for any issues. StatusCake offers both free and paid monitoring tiers, making it accessible for websites of all sizes. The service includes features like SSL monitoring, domain expiration alerts, and detailed performance metrics. Their bot can also perform more complex monitoring including form testing and multi-step transactions.
User Agent String
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/31.0.1650.63 Safari/537.36 StatusCake
How to Control StatusCake
Block Completely
To prevent StatusCake from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block StatusCake
User-agent: StatusCake
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: StatusCake
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: StatusCake
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify StatusCake
Verification Method:
Check StatusCake's monitoring locations
Check StatusCake's monitoring locations
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect StatusCake in your application:
Basic Pattern
/StatusCake/i
Strict Pattern
/^Mozilla/5\.0 \(Windows NT 6\.2; WOW64\) AppleWebKit/537\.36 \(KHTML, like Gecko\) Chrome/31\.0\.1650\.63 Safari/537\.36 StatusCake$/
Flexible Pattern
/StatusCake[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/i
Vendor Match
/.*StatusCake.*StatusCake/i
Implementation Examples
// PHP Detection for StatusCake
function detect_statuscake() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/StatusCake/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('StatusCake 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for StatusCake
import re
from flask import request, make_response
def detect_statuscake():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'StatusCake'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False
# Django Middleware
class StatusCakeMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for StatusCake
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// Middleware to detect StatusCake
function detectStatusCake(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /StatusCake/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('StatusCake detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'StatusCake';
}
next();
}
app.use(detectStatusCake);
# Apache .htaccess rules for StatusCake
# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} StatusCake [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} StatusCake [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]
# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "StatusCake" is_bot=1
# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /StatusCake/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for StatusCake
# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_statuscake {
default 0;
~*StatusCake 1;
}
server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_statuscake) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_statuscake) {
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_statuscake) {
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: StatusCake
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: StatusCake
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: StatusCake
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
StatusCake
Robots.txt Name
StatusCake
Category
monitoring
Respects robots.txt
May not respect
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