Overview
MoodleBot is a tool from Moodle used for Automated website access, content retrieval, or integration activity associated with the listed operator.
Its primary user-agent pattern is MoodleBot; related patterns include moodlebot; Moodle link checker.
MoodleBot is not independently verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
MoodleBot should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
Identity
- User-Agent
MoodleBot- Aliases
- moodlebot; Moodle link checker
- HTTP Agent Examples
MoodleBot- Robots.txt Token
MoodleBot- Identity Type
- Documented
- Evidence Method
- Verify MoodleBot by matching `MoodleBot` to Moodle evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Classification
- Type
- Tool
- Kind
- Tool
- Family
- Moodle
- Purpose
- education-platform-fetching
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- MoodleBot is used for Automated website access, content retrieval, or integration activity associated with the listed operator.
- Detection Notes
- MoodleBot traffic is primarily detected by the `MoodleBot` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `moodlebot; Moodle link checker`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Moodle infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- MoodleBot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.