PhantomJS

Last updated 2 days ago.

Non-Compliant

What is PhantomJS?

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PhantomJS

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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 (Unknown; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/538.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) PhantomJS/2.1.1 Safari/538.1 bl.uk_lddc_renderbot/2.0.0 (+ http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/legaldeposit/websites/websites/faqswebmaster/index.html) in your logs?

If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 (Unknown; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/538.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) PhantomJS/2.1.1 Safari/538.1 bl.uk_lddc_renderbot/2.0.0 (+ http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/legaldeposit/websites/websites/faqswebmaster/index.html) in your website logs, it indicates that PhantomJS has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.

Mozilla/5.0 (Unknown; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/538.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) PhantomJS/2.1.1 Safari/538.1 bl.uk_lddc_renderbot/2.0.0 (+ http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/legaldeposit/websites/websites/faqswebmaster/index.html)

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Expected Behavior

This bot visits websites for various purposes including content analysis, data collection, or automated tasks. Its behavior may vary depending on its specific function and configuration.

Should I Block PhantomJS?

This bot is marked as non-compliant, which may mean it doesn't respect robots.txt or engages in aggressive crawling behavior. You may want to consider blocking it if it's causing issues for your site.

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How Do I Block PhantomJS?

You can block this bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt file. Use Spyglasses analytics to check whether it's actually following your rules.

User Agent Tokens

PhantomJSShould match instances of this bot

robots.txt

# robots.txt
# This should block PhantomJS

User-agent: PhantomJS
Disallow: /

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