# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
# 
# Usage:
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users              View list of users and latest twt date.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt                View all twts.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri  View all mentions for uri.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash         View all twts for a conversation subject.
# 
# Options:
#     uri     Filter to show a specific users twts.
#     offset  Start index for quey.
#     limit   Count of items to return (going back in time).
# 
# twt range = 1 17
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/kc2n4nq
Guys, where can I get a list of bot User Agent Strings?
@adi In your access log. :-P I think there's no complete list of bot user agents out there. You might start off with https://whatmyuseragent.com/bots.
@lyse There is this https://github.com/atmire/COUNTER-Robots but I'm not sure how complete the list is.
@lyse There is this https://github.com/atmire/COUNTER-Robots but I'm not sure how complete the list is.
@adi @lyse A lot of bots use standard browser user agents, anyway.
@adi @lyse A lot of bots use standard browser user agents, anyway.
@lyse @mckinley You can at least catch the ones that don't.
@lyse @mckinley You can at least catch the ones that don't.
Nice list, @adi, of course it will never be complete. What are you trying to accomplish? And as @mckinley says, it is impossible to identify lots of bots, since they just mask as "real users". So in my opinion it's best to just ignore user agents in the first place, if possible at all.
@lyse @mckinley Complete in the sense there are some well known bots that aren't there. Guess I could add them myself, it's a community project after all? \n\n> What are you trying to accomplish?\n\nFilter my http logs.
@lyse @mckinley Complete in the sense there are some well known bots that aren't there. Guess I could add them myself, it's a community project after all?

> What are you trying to accomplish?

Filter my http logs.
@lyse @mckinley Complete in the sense there are some well known bots that aren't there. Guess I could add them myself, it's a community project after all? \n\n> What are you trying to accomplish?\n\nFilter my http logs.
@adi Sure, if you come across new bots. So what's the result of your log analysis then?
@lyse I'm just doing analytics.
@lyse I'm just doing analytics.
@adi @lyse With these https://adi.tilde.institute/fl
@adi @lyse With these https://adi.tilde.institute/fl