Shopify-Captain-Hook
recommended: allow
Operated by Shopify
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Shopify-Captain-Hook is a system used by Shopify to deliver webhooks. It sends automated messages to a user's server when specific events occur within their Shopify store.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
Shopify-Captain-Hook
Example user-agent string:
Shopify-Captain-Hookrobots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control Shopify-Captain-Hook:
Allow full access
User-agent: Shopify-Captain-Hook
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: Shopify-Captain-Hook
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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References
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