The Watchful monitoring bot is a website monitoring service that uses a user agent string to identify itself to web servers. The bot is designed to be lightweight and efficient, so it will not slow down your website or consume excessive resources.

User Agent String

The Watchful monitoring bot uses the following user agent string:

Watchfulli/1.0 ([email protected]; +http://www.watchful.net; https://watchful.net/bot-info/)

This user agent string tells web servers that the request is coming from the Watchful monitoring bot. This allows web servers to take special actions, such as providing the bot with more detailed information about the website.

Capabilities

The Watchful monitoring bot has the following capabilities:

• Verify connection with website: The bot can connect to a website and determine if a valid and authenticated connection with the site can be established.
• Collect site data: If a secure and authenticated connection can be established, the bot can collect site data such as the software used, users registered on the site, status of site backups, and other information relevant to web site maintenance and monitoring.

Limitations

The Watchful monitoring bot has the following limitations:

• The bot is not able to monitor all websites: The bot is only able to monitor websites that are accessible to the public.
• The bot is not able to monitor websites behind firewalls: The bot is not able to monitor websites that are behind firewalls.

IP Addresses

Watchful monitoring bot uses the following IP addresses:

https://app.watchful.net/ip-v4.txt

Important

If you are the website owner and wish to opt out of our bot visiting/monitoring your website, be sure to contact us right away to find out how to do this.