# Bytespider

Bot · Crawlers · Trains AI models · operated by bytedance

**Identity:** Names itself in its user agent only.

## How to recognise it

- User agent contains `Bytespider`, `TikTokSpider`, `DoubaoBot`

## Allow or block

To opt out, add to robots.txt:

```robots
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /
```
 It may not honour robots.txt, because a person asked for the page.

## With Double Agent

Sessions from Bytespider are labelled `bot` with `agent_id: bytedance.bytespider`, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to. Install: https://doubleagent.so/install.md

Source: https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt