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Bot IP: 117.50.47.173

Bot Name: ChatGLM Spider
ChatGLM Spider is a web crawler associated with the ChatGLM project, likely used for gathering web data to improve or train large language models developed by Tsinghua University's GLM (General Language Model) team.
Unverified
Track-A-Bot Trust Score: 47/100
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Identity

  • ✅ Marked as bot traffic
  • ✅ Bot name present
  • ✅ User-agent matches bot name
  • ✅ User-agent includes identity link/email

Hostname

  • ⚠️ No hostname observed
  • ℹ️ Hostname does not resemble bot name
  • ℹ️ Hostname status not verified
  • ✅ No hostname mismatch flags

Behavior

  • ℹ️ No /robots.txt request observed
  • ✅ No referrer (typical crawler behavior)
  • ✅ Mostly 200/304 responses
  • 📌 Visits: 1
  • ⏱️ Age: 0h

Penalties

  • ✅ No major spoof pattern
  • ✅ No fingerprint fields
  • ✅ Cookies not enabled
  • ✅ No connection type
Total visits: 1 First seen: Jun 30th, 2024 9:49 AM Last seen: Jun 30th, 2024 9:49 AM
Known User Agent(s)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ChatGLM-Spider/1.0; +https://chatglm.cn/)
Known Accepted Language(s)
zh-CN,zh;q=0.9,en;q=0.8,zh-TW;q=0.7
Known Accepted Encoding(s)
gzip, deflate, br

Common User-Agent Tokens

These are identifiers found inside user-agent strings we observed for chatglm-spider.

Token
Seen
First seen
Last seen
chatglm-spider/1.0
50
6/30/24
9/26/24
chatglm-spider/1.0 50 seen
First 6/30/24
Last 9/26/24

Identity Links

These are URLs we observed in association with chatglm-spider (often used as an identity, help, or policy link).

URL
Seen
First seen
Last seen
50
6/30/24
9/26/24
chatglm.cn/ 50 seen chatglm.cn
First 6/30/24
Last 9/26/24

Bot FAQ for this IP


Why is chatglm-spider visiting my website?

The IP address 117.50.47.173, associated with the user agent 'ChatGLM-Spider/1.0', is accessing websites as part of automated crawling activity. According to the user agent string, this bot is linked to chatglm.cn and identifies itself as a web crawler. Such crawlers typically visit public websites to collect and index content for search, research, or AI training purposes. The visit to your website appears to be automated and not from a human visitor. To verify the nature of this traffic, consider checking the reverse DNS of the IP, reviewing your server logs for visit patterns, and consulting the official documentation or website referenced in the user agent.

What does chatglm-spider do?

ChatGLM-Spider is an automated web crawler that identifies itself with the user agent 'ChatGLM-Spider/1.0' and references https://chatglm.cn/. Its primary function appears to be indexing or collecting publicly available web content, potentially for search, data analysis, or AI model training. The specific intent or scope of data collection is not fully detailed in the user agent or public documentation. To better understand its behavior, website owners can monitor the frequency and depth of its visits, review the robots.txt file for compliance, and check for any official information on the referenced website.

Is chatglm-spider safe?

There is no direct evidence from the available data that chatglm-spider is malicious. It presents itself as a web crawler and provides a website for reference. However, as with any automated bot, it is important to monitor its activity to ensure it does not negatively impact website performance or security. Recommended actions include: (1) checking the reverse DNS and WHOIS information for the IP address, (2) monitoring server logs for unusual or excessive requests, (3) setting appropriate rules in robots.txt to control crawler access, (4) implementing rate limiting or web application firewall (WAF) rules if needed, and (5) adding the IP to an allow or block list based on your site's policy.

This page provides a detailed lookup for the bot with the IP address of 117.50.47.173, based on real-world traffic observed across websites using Track-A-Bot software. Use this information to verify whether activity from this IP belongs to a legitimate search engine crawler, or to analyze bot behavior on your website.