bnf.fr_bot — What It Is and How to Handle It

bnf.fr_bot is the official web crawler of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), systematically collecting and archiving digital content from French websites to preserve France's national documentary heritage.

Operator: BNF | Type: Archiver | Category: Archiver

bnf.fr_bot is classified as archiver. Use Centinel to monitor its behavior and decide whether to allow, block, challenge, or monetize its access to your content.

Centinel automatically detects bnf.fr_bot using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.