ByteDance · Indexing

TikTokSpider

Identify TikTokSpider by its user agent. Check request identity, review robots.txt controls and track visits in Aiola Analytics.

Key facts

User-agent token: TikTokSpider
Indexing: Crawled for AI or search indexing.
No IP verification is published for TikTokSpider; treat the token as a claim.

What TikTokSpider is

TikTokSpider crawls pages for TikTok search, previews, and discovery surfaces. Aiola classifies it as indexing because it supports a searchable retrieval index.

In Aiola's taxonomy, Indexing means crawled for ai or search indexing.

TikTokSpider user agent

Look for the match token inside the complete HTTP User-Agent header. Tokens can be spoofed, so use the network checks below for authentication.

Example User-Agent (unverified)
TikTokSpider
Case-insensitive match token
TikTokSpider

Official IP ranges

ByteDance has not published official IP ranges that Aiola successfully fetched for TikTokSpider. Aiola does not list cloud-provider ranges or community guesses as if they authenticated this crawler.

Verify a TikTokSpider request

No IP authentication method is documented in this record for TikTokSpider. Its user-agent token is a claim, not proof of identity.

Use the exact header token for classification and apply your own access controls. Check the vendor documentation for any newly published IP, token or header verification method.

Control TikTokSpider with robots.txt

ByteDance does not provide crawler documentation that Aiola could confidently verify for this token. The rules below express your preference, but vendor compliance is unconfirmed.

Allow TikTokSpider
User-agent: TikTokSpider
Allow: /
Block TikTokSpider
User-agent: TikTokSpider
Disallow: /

No official crawler documentation URL is listed because Aiola could not verify one confidently.

Aiola Analytics

See every TikTokSpider visit on your site

Aiola tracks 70 AI, search and link-preview crawlers next to your human traffic. See when TikTokSpider arrives, which pages it requests and how that changes over time. Hosted Analytics needs Pro or a trial.

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