Overview
OpenIndex OICrawler is a crawler associated with OpenIndex, used for building an open web search index.
Its primary user-agent pattern is OICrawler; related patterns include OICrawler/Nutch; OpenIndex crawler; a representative HTTP user-agent is OICrawler/Nutch https://openindex.ai.
OpenIndex OICrawler is unverified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Observed.
Robots.txt behavior for OpenIndex OICrawler is not confirmed. Do not treat a user-agent-only rule as guaranteed enforcement.
The pattern includes an operator URL, but no current operator-published crawler-control or source-verification method is available.
Treat the user-agent as an identity claim. Corroborate it with operator-controlled IP ranges, reverse DNS, signed-request evidence, or current documentation when available.
Identity
- User-Agent
OICrawler- Aliases
- OICrawler/Nutch; OpenIndex crawler
- HTTP Agent Examples
OICrawler/Nutch https://openindex.ai- Robots.txt Token
OICrawler- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Match `OICrawler` and corroborate the request with current OpenIndex documentation, operator-controlled network data, reverse DNS, or signed-request evidence when available.
Classification
- Type
- Search
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- OpenIndex
- Purpose
- open-web-indexing
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- building an open web search index
- Detection Notes
- Detect primarily by `OICrawler`; related patterns include `OICrawler/Nutch; OpenIndex crawler`; representative HTTP user-agent: `OICrawler/Nutch https://openindex.ai`. User-agent strings can be copied, so corroborate with stronger evidence before granting trust.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- OpenIndex OICrawler has high spoofing risk because its user-agent can be copied and the current evidence is observation-based; do not trust it by name alone.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Monitor
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# Robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Monitor first and use stronger controls when enforcement is required.- Apache Rule
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "OICrawler" [NC] RewriteRule ^ - [F,L]- Nginx Rule
if ($http_user_agent ~* "OICrawler") { return 403; }