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Addition to docs (robots.mdx) - Customize user-agent rules 

For issue #59178
Docs: Guidance on allowing multiple user agent rules with varying
allow/disallow.

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Co-authored-by: Delba de Oliveira <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Sam Ko <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Delba de Oliveira <[email protected]>
2024-01-10 18:50:28 +00:00

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---
title: robots.txt
description: API Reference for robots.txt file.
---
Add or generate a `robots.txt` file that matches the [Robots Exclusion Standard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots.txt#Standard) in the **root** of `app` directory to tell search engine crawlers which URLs they can access on your site.
## Static `robots.txt`
```txt filename="app/robots.txt"
User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /private/
Sitemap: https://acme.com/sitemap.xml
```
## Generate a Robots file
Add a `robots.js` or `robots.ts` file that returns a [`Robots` object](#robots-object).
```ts filename="app/robots.ts" switcher
import { MetadataRoute } from 'next'
export default function robots(): MetadataRoute.Robots {
return {
rules: {
userAgent: '*',
allow: '/',
disallow: '/private/',
},
sitemap: 'https://acme.com/sitemap.xml',
}
}
```
```js filename="app/robots.js" switcher
export default function robots() {
return {
rules: {
userAgent: '*',
allow: '/',
disallow: '/private/',
},
sitemap: 'https://acme.com/sitemap.xml',
}
}
```
Output:
```txt
User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /private/
Sitemap: https://acme.com/sitemap.xml
```
### Customizing specific user agents
You can customise how individual search engine bots crawl your site by passing an array of user agents to the `rules` property. For example:
```ts filename="app/robots.ts" switcher
import type { MetadataRoute } from 'next'
export default function robots(): MetadataRoute.Robots {
return {
rules: [
{
userAgent: 'Googlebot',
allow: ['/'],
disallow: '/private/',
},
{
userAgent: ['Applebot', 'Bingbot'],
disallow: ['/'],
},
],
sitemap: 'https://acme.com/sitemap.xml',
}
}
```
```js filename="app/robots.js" switcher
export default function robots() {
return {
rules: [
{
userAgent: 'Googlebot',
allow: ['/'],
disallow: ['/private/'],
},
{
userAgent: ['Applebot', 'Bingbot'],
disallow: ['/'],
},
],
sitemap: 'https://acme.com/sitemap.xml',
}
}
```
Output:
```txt
User-Agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /private/
User-Agent: Applebot
Disallow: /
User-Agent: Bingbot
Disallow: /
Sitemap: https://acme.com/sitemap.xml
```
### Robots object
```tsx
type Robots = {
rules:
| {
userAgent?: string | string[]
allow?: string | string[]
disallow?: string | string[]
crawlDelay?: number
}
| Array<{
userAgent: string | string[]
allow?: string | string[]
disallow?: string | string[]
crawlDelay?: number
}>
sitemap?: string | string[]
host?: string
}
```
## Version History
| Version | Changes |
| --------- | -------------------- |
| `v13.3.0` | `robots` introduced. |