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+/**
+* block-bots.js
+* View the original post by Jeremia Kimelman at:
+* https://www.jeremiak.com/blog/block-bots-netlify-edge-functions/
+*
+* modify `netlify.toml`
+* [[edge_functions]]
+* function = "block-bots"
+* path = "/*"
+*
+* Place at `netlify/edge-functions/block-bots.js`
+*/
+
+// inspired (and taken) from ethan marcotte's blog post
+// https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/blockin-bots/
+const botUas = [
+  'AdsBot-Google',
+  'Amazonbot',
+  'anthropic-ai',
+  'Applebot',
+  'AwarioRssBot',
+  'AwarioSmartBot',
+  'Bytespider',
+  'CCBot',
+  'ChatGPT-User',
+  'ClaudeBot',
+  'Claude-Web',
+  'cohere-ai',
+  'DataForSeoBot',
+  'FacebookBot',
+  'FriendlyCrawler',
+  'Google-Extended',
+  'GoogleOther',
+  'GPTBot',
+  'ImagesiftBot',
+  'magpie-crawler',
+  'Meltwater',
+  'omgili',
+  'omgilibot',
+  'peer39_crawler',
+  'peer39_crawler/1.0',
+  'PerplexityBot',
+  'PiplBot',
+  'Seekr',
+  'YouBot',
+]
+
+export default async (request, context) => {
+  const ua = request.headers.get('user-agent');
+
+  let isBot = false
+
+  botUas.forEach(u => {
+    if (ua.toLowerCase().includes(u.toLowerCase())) {
+      isBot = true
+    }
+  })
+
+  const response = isBot ? new Response(null, { status: 401 }) : await context.next();
+  return response
+};
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