About this bot
TinEye-bot is an automated identity associated with TinEye and used for discovering and indexing images for reverse-image search.
The primary recorded identity signal is TinEye-bot. Representative HTTP identity: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TinEye-bot/1.31; +http://www.tineye.com/crawler.html).
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with Medium confidence. Identity type: documented.
robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed; use server-side controls when enforcement is required.
Risk classification: Neutral. Recommended handling: depends.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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TinEye-botMozilla/5.0 (compatible; TinEye-bot/1.31; +http://www.tineye.com/crawler.html) - Also known as
- TinEye; TinEye-bot/1.31
Details
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- TinEye
- Purpose
- Image indexing
- Common Use
- discovering and indexing images for reverse-image search
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
Verification
- Identity Type
- Documented
- Evidence Method
- Match `TinEye-bot` as the claimed identity signal and corroborate it with independent network, DNS, cryptographic, or request-context signals when stronger authentication is required.
- Detection Notes
- Match the `TinEye-bot` User-Agent token and consider recorded aliases where applicable. A User-Agent match identifies a claim, not authenticated origin.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on a robots.txt rule without verification.- Apache Rule
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "TinEye-bot" bot_match- Nginx Rule
if ($http_user_agent ~* "TinEye-bot") { set $bot_match 1; }