{
  "id": "crawlers/bingbot",
  "url": "https://www.proxies.sx/crawlers/bingbot",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "reviewed": "2026-09-06",
  "name": "Bingbot",
  "operator": "Microsoft Bing",
  "operatorUrl": "https://www.bing.com/webmasters",
  "docsUrl": "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/which-crawlers-does-bing-use-8c184ec0",
  "purpose": "Search engine crawler",
  "userAgentToken": "bingbot/2.0",
  "fullUserAgentExample": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)",
  "robotsToken": "Bingbot",
  "robotsTokenIsPolicyOnly": false,
  "honorsRobotsTxt": "yes",
  "verificationMethod": "A reverse DNS lookup of the IP must resolve to a hostname ending in search.msn.com, and a forward DNS lookup of that hostname must return the same IP (the documentation's example hostname is msnbot-157-55-33-18.search.msn.com). Alternatively, match the IP against the published list at https://www.bing.com/toolbox/bingbot.json (\"Refresh this list daily as we can change this list any time\"), or use the Verify Bingbot tool, available publicly at http://www.bing.com/toolbox/verify-bingbot or inside Bing Webmaster Tools under Tools & Enhancements. The documentation carries the heading \"Don't Use Hardcoded IP Addresses or Address Ranges\".",
  "reverseDnsSuffix": "search.msn.com",
  "ipRanges": {
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.bing.com/toolbox/bingbot.json",
    "prefixes": 28,
    "ipv4": 28,
    "ipv6": 0,
    "sha256": "a2d1cf229544205a24c61fb7c459408b1afe18f9fd5b172fe181f0eb73c1594d"
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/which-crawlers-does-bing-use-8c184ec0",
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/verify-bingbot-2195837f",
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/how-to-verify-bingbot-3905dc26",
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/how-to-report-an-issue-with-bingbot-25c19802",
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/crawl-control-55a30303",
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/?topicid=cb7c31ec",
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/?topicid=5198d240",
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/?topicid=2f1ee16d",
    "https://www.bing.com/toolbox/bingbot.json"
  ]
}