# Robots.txt Policy Auditor (`junipr/robots-txt-policy-auditor`) Actor

Fetch and audit robots.txt files, parse crawl directives, test important paths, and report sitemap and policy risks.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/junipr/robots-txt-policy-auditor.md
- **Developed by:** [junipr](https://apify.com/junipr) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.90 / 1,000 robots txt policy auditor robots file checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Robots.txt Policy Auditor

### Store Positioning

**Store title:** Robots.txt Policy Auditor

**Short description:** Fetch and audit robots.txt files, parse crawl directives, test important paths, and report sitemap and policy risks.

**SEO title:** Robots.txt Policy Auditor — technical SEO, web, and domain audit

**SEO description:** Fetch and audit robots.txt files, parse crawl directives, test important paths, and report sitemap and policy risks. Use it to find crawlability, indexability, security, metadata, and page-quality issues with evidence-backed rows and audit reports.

**Categories:** SEO\_TOOLS

**Keywords:** robots, txt, policy, auditor, robots.txt, sitemap, web/domain audit

### Fixed-Inclusive PPE Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Event prices include Apify platform usage; users are not expected to pay a separate platform-usage pass-through charge for the configured pricing model.

- Tier: W1 — Web/domain audit
- Primary event: `robots-file-checked` at $0.00490 base
- Default max charge: $10.00
- Store discounts: FREE/BRONZE base, SILVER discounted, GOLD deepest approved discount

Event set:

- `actor-start`: base $0.00500, GOLD $0.00400. Robots Txt Policy Auditor: charged when actor start is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
- `robots-file-checked`: base $0.00490, GOLD $0.00392. Robots Txt Policy Auditor: charged when robots file checked is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
- `rule-parsed`: base $0.00372, GOLD $0.00298. Robots Txt Policy Auditor: charged when rule parsed is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
- `finding-emitted`: base $0.00372, GOLD $0.00298. Robots Txt Policy Auditor: charged when finding emitted is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
- `audit-report-generated`: base $0.05000, GOLD $0.04000. Robots Txt Policy Auditor: charged when audit report generated is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.

### Public Task Concepts

- Audit Robots.txt Policy controls on a capped public sample
- Find high-priority Robots.txt Policy issues before release
- Validate Robots.txt Policy evidence from supplied pages
- Prioritize Robots.txt Policy fixes with severity and proof
- Export Robots.txt Policy QA rows for client review

Fetch and audit robots.txt files, parse crawl directives, test important paths, and report sitemap and policy risks.

### Inputs

- `siteOrigins`
- `robotsUrls`
- `rawRobotsTxtInputs`
- `importantPaths`
- `userAgents`
- `sitemapUrls`
- `allowedDomains`
- `testImportantPaths`
- `includeSitemapDiscovery`
- `includeUnknownDirectives`
- `requestDelayMs`
- `timeoutMs`

### Output

Dataset rows include: `sourceUrl`, `siteOrigin`, `robotsStatus`, `userAgent`, `directiveType`, `directiveValue`, `lineNumber`, `appliesToPath`, `pathAllowed`, `matchedRule`, `sitemapUrl`, `crawlDelay`, `issueCode`, `severity`, `recommendation`, `evidenceSnippet`.

The checked-in output example is produced by the deterministic inline robots.txt input and is verified against the dataset schema in automated tests.

# Actor input Schema

## `siteOrigins` (type: `array`):

siteOrigins used by Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## `robotsUrls` (type: `array`):

robotsUrls used by Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## `rawRobotsTxtInputs` (type: `array`):

rawRobotsTxtInputs used by Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## `importantPaths` (type: `array`):

importantPaths used by Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## `userAgents` (type: `array`):

userAgents used by Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## `sitemapUrls` (type: `array`):

sitemapUrls used by Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## `allowedDomains` (type: `array`):

allowedDomains used by Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## `testImportantPaths` (type: `boolean`):

Enable testImportantPaths behavior.

## `includeSitemapDiscovery` (type: `boolean`):

Enable includeSitemapDiscovery behavior.

## `includeUnknownDirectives` (type: `boolean`):

Enable includeUnknownDirectives behavior.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `number`):

Numeric limit for Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## `timeoutMs` (type: `number`):

Numeric limit for Robots.txt Policy Auditor.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "siteOrigins": [
    "https://www.wikipedia.org"
  ],
  "robotsUrls": [],
  "rawRobotsTxtInputs": [],
  "importantPaths": [
    "/",
    "/admin",
    "/products"
  ],
  "userAgents": [
    "*"
  ],
  "sitemapUrls": [],
  "allowedDomains": [],
  "testImportantPaths": true,
  "includeSitemapDiscovery": true,
  "includeUnknownDirectives": true,
  "requestDelayMs": 0,
  "timeoutMs": 10000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `report` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("junipr/robots-txt-policy-auditor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("junipr/robots-txt-policy-auditor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call junipr/robots-txt-policy-auditor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,junipr/robots-txt-policy-auditor"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XDFLVvke4Ay7oNwxB/builds/EsqtKdRQoM0Myup6z/openapi.json