Timpibot
Timpi •
Since 2024
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What is Timpibot?
Timpibot is the web crawler for Timpi, a decentralized search engine that maintains a distributed web index. The crawled data can also be used for AI and LLM training purposes. Timpi operates on a decentralized network of nodes that collaboratively crawl and index the web. The bot respects robots.txt directives and allows website owners to control access to their content.
User Agent String
Timpibot
How to Control Timpibot
Block Completely
To prevent Timpibot from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block Timpibot
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: Timpibot
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: Timpibot
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify Timpibot
Verification Method:
Check user agent string for Timpibot identifier
Check user agent string for Timpibot 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 Timpibot in your application:
Basic Pattern
/Timpibot/iStrict Pattern
/^Timpibot$/Flexible Pattern
/Timpibot[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/iVendor Match
/.*Timpi.*Timpibot/iImplementation Examples
// PHP Detection for Timpibot
function detect_timpibot() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/Timpibot/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('Timpibot 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for Timpibot
import re
from flask import request, make_responsedef detect_timpibot():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'Timpibot'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False# Django Middleware
class TimpibotMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for Timpibot
const express = require('express');
const app = express();// Middleware to detect Timpibot
function detectTimpibot(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /Timpibot/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('Timpibot detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'Timpibot';
}
next();
}app.use(detectTimpibot);
# Apache .htaccess rules for Timpibot# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Timpibot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Timpibot [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Timpibot" is_bot=1# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /Timpibot/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for Timpibot# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_timpibot {
default 0;
~*Timpibot 1;
}server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_timpibot) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_timpibot) {
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_timpibot) {
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 | Allow | Essential for product visibility in search results |
| 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 | Allow | Improves documentation discoverability for developers |
| Corporate Site | Allow | Allow for public pages, block sensitive areas like intranets |
Advanced robots.txt Configurations
E-commerce Site Configuration
User-agent: Timpibot
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: Timpibot
# Blocking AI training bot
Disallow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
TimpibotRobots.txt Name
TimpibotCategory
ai, searchRespects robots.txt
Yes
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