Slack-ImgProxy
What is Slack-ImgProxy?
About
Slack-ImgProxy is a web crawler used by Slack to fetch, process, and cache images that are shared in Slack channels, ensuring they can be displayed properly within the messaging platform. You can see how often Slack-ImgProxy visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
Expected Behavior
Fetchers visit websites on-demand. They're normally dispatched by apps to present metadata about a link (e.g. the title and thumbnail image) to a user.
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Detail
Operated By | Slack |
Last Updated | 20 hours ago |
Insights
Top Website Robots.txts
Country of Origin
Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Fetchers
Top Visited Website Categories
Robots.txt
Should I Block Slack-ImgProxy?
Probably not. If you block a fetcher, it won't be able to fetch the metadata it needs to display a link preview. Fewer people will click on the link to your website without this.
How Do I Block Slack-ImgProxy?
You can block Slack-ImgProxy or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
User Agent String | Slack-ImgProxy (+https://api.slack.com/robots) |
# robots.txt
# This should block Slack-ImgProxy
User-agent: Slack-ImgProxy
Disallow: /