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Bulk get robots.txt rules

POST/zones/{zone_id}/ai-audit/robots/bulk

Fetches and parses robots.txt files for multiple domains within a zone in a single request. Each domain must belong to the specified zone. Results are keyed by hostname.

Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
Zone Settings WriteZone Settings Read
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
zone_id: string
Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
body: array of string

Array of domain hostnames to fetch robots.txt for. Each domain must end with the zone name. Maximum 25 domains per request.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
success: boolean
result: optional map[object { userAgents, sitemaps, status } ]

Map of hostname to parsed robots.txt rules.

userAgents: map[object { allow, disallow, contentSignals, crawlDelay } ]

Map of user-agent string to its parsed rules.

allow: array of string

List of allowed path patterns.

disallow: array of string

List of disallowed path patterns.

contentSignals: optional object { "ai-input", "ai-train", search }

Content signal directives from robots.txt.

"ai-input": optional "yes" or "no"

Whether AI input usage is permitted.

One of the following:
"yes"
"no"
"ai-train": optional "yes" or "no"

Whether AI training is permitted.

One of the following:
"yes"
"no"
One of the following:
crawlDelay: optional number

Crawl delay in seconds.

sitemaps: optional array of string

List of sitemap URLs found in robots.txt.

status: optional number

HTTP status code from fetching the robots.txt file.

Bulk get robots.txt rules

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/ai-audit/robots/bulk \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '[
          "example.com",
          "blog.example.com"
        ]'
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "foo": {
      "userAgents": {
        "foo": {
          "allow": [
            "string"
          ],
          "disallow": [
            "string"
          ],
          "contentSignals": {
            "ai-input": "yes",
            "ai-train": "yes",
            "search": "yes"
          },
          "crawlDelay": 0
        }
      },
      "sitemaps": [
        "string"
      ],
      "status": 0
    }
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "foo": {
      "userAgents": {
        "foo": {
          "allow": [
            "string"
          ],
          "disallow": [
            "string"
          ],
          "contentSignals": {
            "ai-input": "yes",
            "ai-train": "yes",
            "search": "yes"
          },
          "crawlDelay": 0
        }
      },
      "sitemaps": [
        "string"
      ],
      "status": 0
    }
  }
}