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# Get robots.txt rules

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`

##### Path ParametersExpand Collapse 

zone\_id: string

##### Query ParametersExpand Collapse 

subdomain: optional string

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

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse 

errors: array of [ResponseInfo](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/$shared#%28resource%29%20%24shared%20%3E%20%28model%29%20response%5Finfo%20%3E%20%28schema%29) { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

messages: array of [ResponseInfo](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/$shared#%28resource%29%20%24shared%20%3E%20%28model%29%20response%5Finfo%20%3E%20%28schema%29) { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

success: boolean

result: optional object { userAgents, sitemaps, status } 

Parsed robots.txt rules for a single domain.

userAgents: map\[object { allow, disallow, contentSignals, crawlDelay } \]

Map of user-agent string to its parsed rules.

allow: array of string

List of allowed path patterns.

disallow: array of string

List of disallowed path patterns.

contentSignals: optional object { "ai-input", "ai-train", search } 

Content signal directives from robots.txt.

"ai-input": optional "yes" or "no"

Whether AI input usage is permitted.

One of the following:

"yes"

"no"

"ai-train": optional "yes" or "no"

Whether AI training is permitted.

One of the following:

"yes"

"no"

search: optional "yes" or "no"

Whether search indexing is permitted.

One of the following:

"yes"

"no"

crawlDelay: optional number

Crawl delay in seconds.

sitemaps: optional array of string

List of sitemap URLs found in robots.txt.

status: optional number

HTTP status code from fetching the robots.txt file.

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```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/ai-audit/robots \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

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
  }
}
```