m1guelpf / m1guelpf/browser-agent

Respect `robots.txt`

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enhancement good first issue help wanted
Dominant language
Rust
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Description

ML-based bots need to respect the norms as all the other bots on the web. That means providing an identifiable user agent, loading robots.txt, and avoiding requests to places that robots.txt bans it from.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Locate the browser-agent request flow first, then verify how user-agent identification and robots.txt loading should govern requests; done means blocked paths are not requested and the behavior is covered by suitable tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
networking, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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