Bot API

Customize how to handle bots that visit your website

ShimmerCat blocks bad bots that try to access your website, while letting in good bots like helpful integrations and search engines. However sometimes it is not clear if a bot should be let in to the site or not, and in those cases the bot is not automatically classified. For these cases you can specify a bot access policy that defines how those bots should be handled, and you can also classify bots on your own.

Bot Policy and Unreviewed Bots:

Get Bot Policy

Get your current policy for handling unclassified bots.

Define Bot Policy

Define your policy for handling unclassified bots.

Unreviewed Bots

Get your list of unreviewed bots.

Classify Bot

Allow or block a specific bot name.

Bad Bots:

Mark IP Bad Bot

Classify an IP or IP range as bad and block it from your website.

Is IP Bad Bot

Check if an IP or an IP range is registered in the system as bad.

List Bad Bots

Get the list of classified bad bots and IP:s reported in the system.

Remove Bad Bot

Remove an IP or an IP range from the bad bot classification list.

Mark Custom IP Range As Bad

Classify a custom IP range as bad and block it from your website.

Remove Custom IP As Bad

Remove a custom IP address range from the bad bot list for your website.

Good/VIP Bots:

Mark IP VIP Bot

Classify an IP or IP range as VIP and allow it to access your website.

Is IP VIP Bot

Check if an IP or an IP range is registered in the system as VIP.

List VIP Bots

Get the list of classified VIP bots and IP:s reported in the system.

Remove VIP Bot

Remove an IP or an IP range from the VIP bot classification list.

Mark Custom IP Range As VIP

Classify a custom IP range as VIP to allow it to access your website.

Remove Custom IP As VIP

Remove a custom IP address range from the VIP bot list for your website.