PlateopBot
PlateopBot is the fetcher used by Plateop (https://plateop.com). Our requests carry the User-Agent product token PlateopBot, so you can recognise them in your server logs.
The full User-Agent string:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PlateopBot/1.0; +https://plateop.com/bot)What PlateopBot does
- Fetches exactly one listing page, and only at the moment a user pastes that specific link into Plateop themselves.
- Reads the asking price, mileage, and basic specifications such as year, fuel type, and transmission.
- Uses that data solely to fill in that same user's report.
What PlateopBot does not do
- Does not crawl or index any website.
- Does not collect inventory in bulk; there is no list of listings we work through.
- Does not store listing content as a database of our own, and does not cache, republish, or resell it.
- Does not bypass bot walls, login screens, or other access controls.
What PlateopBot respects
- robots.txt: we fetch it live for every host, including a generic User-agent: * group. A site that excludes us there is not accessed, and if robots.txt cannot be established reliably, we do not fetch the page either.
- Sensible rate limits: requests are limited per user, and we never hammer a site with repeated requests.
- An identifiable User-Agent carrying the product token PlateopBot, so you can always recognise us.
Access or questions
Want to explicitly allow PlateopBot? Add that product token to the allowlist in your robots.txt.
Questions or requests can be sent to [email protected].