# Pinterestbot

Operator: Pinterest
Purpose: Web search
Reviewed: 2026-09-14
HTTP identifier: Pinterestbot, Pinterest/0.2
robots.txt token: Pinterestbot

## What is Pinterestbot?

Indexes content and refreshes the details behind Pins.

## How to identify it

Look for the Pinterestbot, Pinterest/0.2 identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.

## How to check identity

Use forward-confirmed reverse DNS under pinterest.com or pinterestcrawler.com. Review the operator’s current instructions rather than relying on fixed US-only IP ranges.

## Access and robots.txt

The operator documents robots.txt rules for this identifier.

Optional full-site opt-out; merge with existing rules only if intended. Not a security control.

```text
User-agent: Pinterestbot
Disallow: /
```

## What it means in your analytics

Requests can maintain product prices, article metadata and links on Pinterest.

## Useful measures

URL coverage; Crawl errors; Repeat crawls.

## What to check next

Check stale Pin details against the live page and inspect broken destination URLs.

## Sources

- [help.pinterest.com](https://help.pinterest.com/en/business/article/pinterest-crawler)

Operator facts are source-backed; interpretation and actions are Apostl guidance.

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- [Googlebot](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot)
- [Applebot](https://apostl.dev/bots/applebot)
- [Googlebot-Image](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot-image)

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