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# Get robots.txt rules

client.AIAudit.Robots.Get(ctx, params) (\*[RobotGetResponse](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/ai%5Faudit#%28resource%29%20ai%5Faudit.robots%20%3E%20%28model%29%20RobotGetResponse%20%3E%20%28schema%29), error)

GET/zones/{zone\_id}/ai-audit/robots

Fetches and parses the robots.txt file for a zone or a specific subdomain within the zone. Returns parsed user-agent rules, content signals, and sitemaps.

##### Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Zone Settings Write` `Zone Settings Read`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse 

params RobotGetParams

ZoneID param.Field\[string\]

Path param: Identifier of the zone.

Subdomain param.Field\[string\]Optional

Query param: Optional subdomain to fetch robots.txt for. If omitted, fetches robots.txt for the zone apex domain.

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse 

type RobotGetResponse struct{…}

Parsed robots.txt rules for a single domain.

UserAgents map\[string, RobotGetResponseUserAgent\]

Map of user-agent string to its parsed rules.

Allow \[\]string

List of allowed path patterns.

Disallow \[\]string

List of disallowed path patterns.

ContentSignals RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsOptional

Content signal directives from robots.txt.

AIInput RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAIInputOptional

Whether AI input usage is permitted.

One of the following:

const RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAIInputYes RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAIInput \= "yes"

const RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAIInputNo RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAIInput \= "no"

AITrain RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAITrainOptional

Whether AI training is permitted.

One of the following:

const RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAITrainYes RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAITrain \= "yes"

const RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAITrainNo RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsAITrain \= "no"

Search RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsSearchOptional

Whether search indexing is permitted.

One of the following:

const RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsSearchYes RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsSearch \= "yes"

const RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsSearchNo RobotGetResponseUserAgentsContentSignalsSearch \= "no"

CrawlDelay float64Optional

Crawl delay in seconds.

Sitemaps \[\]stringOptional

List of sitemap URLs found in robots.txt.

Status int64Optional

HTTP status code from fetching the robots.txt file.

### Get robots.txt rules

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TerraformTerraform

```
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/ai_audit"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/option"
)

func main() {
  client := cloudflare.NewClient(
    option.WithAPIToken("Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY"),
  )
  robot, err := client.AIAudit.Robots.Get(context.TODO(), ai_audit.RobotGetParams{
    ZoneID: cloudflare.F("zone_id"),
  })
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", robot.UserAgents)
}

```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "userAgents": {
      "foo": {
        "allow": [
          "string"
        ],
        "disallow": [
          "string"
        ],
        "contentSignals": {
          "ai-input": "yes",
          "ai-train": "yes",
          "search": "yes"
        },
        "crawlDelay": 0
      }
    },
    "sitemaps": [
      "string"
    ],
    "status": 0
  }
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "userAgents": {
      "foo": {
        "allow": [
          "string"
        ],
        "disallow": [
          "string"
        ],
        "contentSignals": {
          "ai-input": "yes",
          "ai-train": "yes",
          "search": "yes"
        },
        "crawlDelay": 0
      }
    },
    "sitemaps": [
      "string"
    ],
    "status": 0
  }
}
```