PlaystreamBot is the official crawler used by Playstream Media to fetch publisher-approved public web pages, article content, images, metadata and structured data for content processing and video creation.
1. What is PlaystreamBot?
PlaystreamBot is the official web crawler used by Playstream Media to fetch publisher-approved public article pages, images, metadata and structured data. This helps Playstream Media process public publisher content and create video-based content experiences.
PlaystreamBot is designed to be respectful of publisher resources. It identifies itself using a dedicated User-Agent string, follows robots.txt rules for the PlaystreamBot user-agent, supports crawl-delay and applies per-domain rate limiting.
2. What is the User-Agent for PlaystreamBot?
PlaystreamBot identifies itself using the following User-Agent string:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PlaystreamBot/1.0; +https://adbot.playstream.media)
3. How can publishers allow PlaystreamBot in robots.txt?
Publishers can allow PlaystreamBot by adding the following rules to their robots.txt file:
User-agent: PlaystreamBot Allow: / Crawl-delay: 1
Publishers can also restrict PlaystreamBot to specific sections of their website. For example:
User-agent: PlaystreamBot Allow: /news/ Allow: /article/ Disallow: / Crawl-delay: 1
To block PlaystreamBot completely, publishers can add:
User-agent: PlaystreamBot Disallow: /
4. How can publishers allow PlaystreamBot in WAF, CDN or bot-blocking systems?
If a publisher uses Cloudflare, Akamai, AWS WAF, CAPTCHA systems or other bot-blocking tools, they can allow PlaystreamBot using both the User-Agent and crawler IP address.
| Bot Name | PlaystreamBot |
|---|---|
| User-Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PlaystreamBot/1.0; +https://adbot.playstream.media) |
| Bot Info Page | https://adbot.playstream.media |
| IP List | https://adbot.playstream.media/ips.json |
| Current IPv4 | 195.201.188.62/32 |
| Contact | kush@adsolut.in |
Recommended WAF/CDN allowlist rule:
Allow User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PlaystreamBot/1.0; +https://adbot.playstream.media) Allow IP: 195.201.188.62/32
Important: robots.txt controls crawler permission, but many WAF/CDN systems still require a separate allowlist rule for the crawler User-Agent and IP address.
5. How can I verify that a PlaystreamBot request is genuine?
If you see traffic in your server logs using the PlaystreamBot User-Agent, verify that the request is coming from an IP address listed on the official PlaystreamBot IP list:
https://adbot.playstream.media/ips.json
The current PlaystreamBot IPv4 address is:
195.201.188.62/32
If reverse DNS is configured for the crawler IP, publishers can additionally verify the request using reverse DNS and forward DNS checks.
Example commands:
host 195.201.188.62 host crawler-195-201-188-62.playstream.media
Only use the reverse DNS method if Playstream Media has configured PTR and forward DNS records for the crawler IP. Otherwise, use the official IP list and User-Agent allowlist method.
6. Does PlaystreamBot respect robots.txt and crawl-delay?
Yes. PlaystreamBot checks robots.txt before crawling and respects rules for the PlaystreamBot user-agent.
PlaystreamBot also supports crawl-delay and applies per-domain rate limiting to reduce load on publisher websites.
7. What happens if PlaystreamBot receives Access Denied, 403 or 429?
If PlaystreamBot receives an Access Denied page, HTTP 403, HTTP 429, CAPTCHA or another bot-blocking response, it does not attempt to bypass the restriction.
The publisher may allow PlaystreamBot by adding the User-Agent and IP address to their WAF, CDN or bot-blocking allowlist.
8. Who should I contact for PlaystreamBot questions?
For questions, allowlisting requests or crawler-related support, contact: kush@adsolut.in.
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