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robotstxt (version 0.4.1)

path_allowed: check if a bot has permissions to access page

Description

check if a bot has permissions to access page

Usage

path_allowed(permissions, path = "/", bot = "*")

Arguments

permissions

data.frame generated by rt_get_permissions() with three columns: 'useragent' (name of the bot), 'permission' (permission granted: Disallow/Allow) and 'value' (path for which permission applies)

path

path for which to check bot's permission, defaults to "/"

bot

name of the bot, defaults to "*"

Value

TRUE permission granted; FALSE permission denied; NA path_allowed() cannot determine if path is allowed or not allowed, will result in a warning as well

See Also

paths_allowed