ERNIEBot
AI

ERNIEBot

ERNIEBot is used for reported ai crawler; it can appear in server logs as `ERNIEBot`.

Operator Baidu

About this bot

ERNIEBot is associated with Baidu and used for reported ai crawler.

The primary claimed User-Agent token is ERNIEBot.

Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Unverified with Low confidence. Identity type: observed.

robots.txt behavior is currently unconfirmed.

Observed crawler traffic reported under the `ERNIEBot` token.

How to identify this bot

User-agent and crawler identifiers
ERNIEBot
Also known as
Baidu ERNIE crawler

Details

Kind
Crawler
Family
Baidu ERNIE
Purpose
Reported AI crawler
Common Use
Observed crawler traffic reported under the `ERNIEBot` token.
Respects robots.txt
Unknown

Verification

Identity Type
Observed
Evidence Method
Treat `ERNIEBot` as an observed token only; do not infer Baidu ownership, model training, or robots behavior without independent corroboration.
Detection Notes
Treat `ERNIEBot` as an observed token only; do not infer Baidu ownership, model training, or robots behavior without independent corroboration.
Website controls
Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed; apply access policy at the request or network layer when needed.
Apache Rule
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "ERNIEBot" [NC]
Nginx Rule
if ($http_user_agent ~* "ERNIEBot") { return 403; }

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