Overview
TinEye-bot is a crawler associated with TinEye, used for discovering and indexing images for reverse-image search.
Its primary user-agent pattern is TinEye-bot; related patterns include TinEye; TinEye-bot/1.31; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TinEye-bot/1.31; +http://www.tineye.com/crawler.html).
TinEye-bot is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented.
Robots.txt behavior for TinEye-bot is not confirmed. Do not treat a user-agent-only rule as guaranteed enforcement.
TinEye confirms that it continuously crawls the web for its image index, while the exact current network-verification method and robots behavior are not clearly published.
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
TinEye-bot- Aliases
- TinEye; TinEye-bot/1.31
- HTTP Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TinEye-bot/1.31; +http://www.tineye.com/crawler.html)- Robots.txt Token
TinEye-bot- Identity Type
- Documented
- Evidence Method
- Match `TinEye-bot` and corroborate the request with current TinEye documentation, operator-controlled network data, reverse DNS, or signed-request evidence when available.
Classification
- Type
- Search
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- TinEye
- Purpose
- image-indexing
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- discovering and indexing images for reverse-image search
- Detection Notes
- Detect primarily by `TinEye-bot`; related patterns include `TinEye; TinEye-bot/1.31`; representative HTTP user-agent: `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TinEye-bot/1.31; +http://www.tineye.com/crawler.html)`. User-agent strings can be copied, so corroborate with stronger evidence before granting trust.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- TinEye-bot has medium spoofing risk because its user-agent can be copied; use published operator-controlled verification data when available.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
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} "TinEye\-bot" [NC] RewriteRule ^ - [F,L]- Nginx Rule
if ($http_user_agent ~* "TinEye\-bot") { return 403; }