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Robots Exclusion Protocol File Parser

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library 0.13.0 ·python
verified Jun 30, 2026

robotspy is a Python library for parsing `robots.txt` files, implementing the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) as defined by RFC 9309. It allows applications to determine whether a web crawler is permitted to access a given URL path on a server. The library is actively maintained, with the current version being 0.13.0, and has a steady release cadence addressing bug fixes and adherence to Google's parsing behavior.

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