Snap URL Preview Service

Snap URL Preview Service

User-agent strings are identity signals, not proof of identity. Use Edge to compare the user-agent with IP, datacenter, behavior, path, and request history.

Verification method: Verify Snap URL Preview Service by matching `Snap URL Preview Service` to Snap Inc. evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.

Snap URL Preview Service traffic is primarily detected by the `Snap URL Preview Service` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Snap URL Preview Service; bot; snapchat; https://developers.snap.com/robots; Snap-URL-Preview; SnapPreviewBot`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Snap URL Preview Service; bot; snapchat; https://developers.snap.com/robots`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Snap Inc. infrastructure before trusting the traffic.

This bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the behavior matches your site policy.

Snap URL Preview Service is used for link unfurling, rich-card generation, social previews, messaging previews, and page metadata fetching.

Aliases

Snap URL Preview Service; Bot; Snapchat; Https://developers.snap.com/robots; Snap URL Preview; SnapPreviewBot

Type

preview

Operator

Snap Inc.

Family

Snapchat

Kind

Preview

Purpose

Preview

Identity

Official Documented

Detection confidence

High

Spoofing risk

Snap URL Preview Service Has Medium Spoofing Risk Because The User Agent Can Be Copied, Even When The Bot Has Strong Source Or Documentation Support.

Status

Active

Respects robots.txt

Yes

Last verified

2026 06 22

User-agent: Snap URL Preview Service
Disallow: /

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