arcjet · blaine-arcjet · Sep 16, 2024 · Sep 13, 2024 · Sep 15, 2024 · Sep 16, 2024
diff --git a/src/content/docs/bot-protection/identifying-bots.mdx b/src/content/docs/bot-protection/identifying-bots.mdx
@@ -44,4 +44,43 @@ updates will be included in the next SDK release. Since bot detection is handled
 within the Arcjet WebAssembly module bundled with the SDK, new patterns must be
 compiled into the module as part of the release process.
 
+## Bot categories
+
+In addition to identifying individual bots, we also group bots into various
+categories. You can leverage these categories for easier configuration of your
+allow or deny lists.
+
+Currently, we provide the following categories:
+
+- `CATEGORY:ACADEMIC`: Scrape data for research purposes
+- `CATEGORY:ADVERTISING`: Scrape data for advertising and marketing purposes
+- `CATEGORY:AI`: Scrape data for AI and LLM purposes
+- `CATEGORY:AMAZON`: Scrape data for Amazon products and services
+- `CATEGORY:ARCHIVE`: Scrape data for archival purposes
+- `CATEGORY:FEEDFETCHER`: Request data for RSS and other feeds
+- `CATEGORY:GOOGLE`: Scrape data for Google products and services
+- `CATEGORY:META`: Scrape data for Meta/Facebook products and services
+- `CATEGORY:MICROSOFT`: Scrape data for Microsoft products and services
+- `CATEGORY:MONITOR`: Interact for monitoring purposes
+- `CATEGORY:OPTIMIZER`: Interact for optimization purposes
+- `CATEGORY:PREVIEW`: Request data for image and url previews
+- `CATEGORY:PROGRAMMATIC`: Interact via programming language libraries
+- `CATEGORY:SEARCH_ENGINE`: Index data for search engines
+- `CATEGORY:SLACK`: Scrape data for Slack products and services
+- `CATEGORY:SOCIAL`: Scrape data for social media products and services
+- `CATEGORY:TOOL`: Interact via command line and GUI tools
+- `CATEGORY:UNKNOWN`: Undetermined purposes
+- `CATEGORY:VERCEL`: Scrape data for Vercel products and services
+- `CATEGORY:YAHOO`: Scrape data for Yahoo products and services
+
+We're continuously evaluating bots to decide if things should be reclassified.
+If we determine enough bots exist for a new category, we'll consider adding new
+ones. Please open an issue on our
+[arcjet/well-known-bots](https://github.com/arcjet/well-known-bots) repository
+if you need a specific category.
+
+Only configured categories are checked for performance reasons. Each detected
+bot must be compared to a category, so the worst case performance is
+`count(detectedBot) * count(configuredCategories)`.
+
 <Comments />
diff --git a/src/content/docs/bot-protection/reference/bun.mdx b/src/content/docs/bot-protection/reference/bun.mdx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import IdentifiedBotsTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/bun/Identif
 import IdentifiedBotsJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/bun/IdentifiedBots.js?raw";
 import ErrorsTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/bun/Errors.ts?raw";
 import ErrorsJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/bun/Errors.js?raw";
+import FilteringTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/bun/Filtering.ts?raw";
+import FilteringJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/bun/Filtering.js?raw";
 import Comments from "/src/components/Comments.astro";
 
 Arcjet bot detection allows you to manage traffic by automated clients and bots.
@@ -31,14 +33,14 @@ You can use only one of the following configuration definitions:
 ```ts
 type BotOptionsAllow = {
   mode?: "LIVE" | "DRY_RUN";
-  allow: ArcjetWellKnownBot[];
+  allow: Array<ArcjetWellKnownBot | ArcjetBotCategory>;
 };
 ```
 
 ```ts
 type BotOptionsDeny = {
   mode?: "LIVE" | "DRY_RUN";
-  deny: ArcjetWellKnownBot[];
+  deny: Array<ArcjetWellKnownBot | ArcjetBotCategory>;
 };
 ```
 
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ some bots to access your system, such as bots for search indexing or API
 access from the command line.
 
 This behavior is configured with an `allow` list from our [full list of
-bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list).
+bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list) and/or [bot
+categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots#bot-categories).
 
 <Tabs>
   <TabItem label="TS">
@@ -75,8 +78,9 @@ Some applications may only want to block a small subset of bots, while allowing
 the majority continued access. This may be due to many reasons, such as
 misconfigured or high-traffic bots.
 
-This behavior is configured with an `deny` list from our [full list of
-bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list).
+This behavior is configured with a `deny` list from our [full list of
+bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list) and/or [bot
+categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots#bot-categories).
 
 <Tabs>
   <TabItem label="TS">
@@ -140,9 +144,10 @@ This example will log the full result as well as the bot protection rule:
 ### Identified bots
 
 The decision also contains all of the [identified
-bots](/bot-protection/identifying-bots) detected from the request. A request may
-be identified as zero, one, or more bots—all of which will be available on the
-`decision.allowed` and `decision.denied` properties.
+bots and matched categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots) detected from the
+request. A request may be identified as zero, one, or more bots/categories—all
+of which will be available on the `decision.allowed` and `decision.denied`
+properties.
 
 <Tabs>
   <TabItem label="TS">
@@ -181,6 +186,21 @@ allow or deny the request. Our recommendation is to block requests without
   </TabItem>
 </Tabs>
 
+## Filtering categories
+
+All categories are also provided as enumerations, which allows for programmatic
+access. For example, you may want to allow most of `CATEGORY:GOOGLE` except
+their "advertising quality" bot.
+
+<Tabs>
+  <TabItem label="TS">
+    <Code code={FilteringTS} lang="ts" />
+  </TabItem>
+  <TabItem label="JS">
+    <Code code={FilteringJS} lang="js" />
+  </TabItem>
+</Tabs>
+
 ## Testing
 
 Arcjet runs the same in any environment, including locally and in CI. You can

diff --git a/src/content/docs/bot-protection/reference/nextjs.mdx b/src/content/docs/bot-protection/reference/nextjs.mdx
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ import ErrorsAppTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/ErrorsApp
 import ErrorsPagesTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/ErrorsPages.ts?raw";
 import ErrorsAppJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/ErrorsApp.js?raw";
 import ErrorsPagesJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/ErrorsPages.js?raw";
+import FilteringAppTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/FilteringApp.ts?raw";
+import FilteringPagesTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/FilteringPages.ts?raw";
+import FilteringAppJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/FilteringApp.js?raw";
+import FilteringPagesJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/FilteringPages.js?raw";
 import ProtectPageMiddlewareTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/ProtectPageMiddleware.ts?raw";
 import ProtectPagePagesTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/ProtectPagePages.tsx?raw";
 import ProtectPageMiddlewareJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nextjs/ProtectPageMiddleware.js?raw";
@@ -64,14 +68,14 @@ You can use only one of the following configuration definitions:
 ```ts
 type BotOptionsAllow = {
   mode?: "LIVE" | "DRY_RUN";
-  allow: ArcjetWellKnownBot[];
+  allow: Array<ArcjetWellKnownBot | ArcjetBotCategory>;
 };
 ```
 
 ```ts
 type BotOptionsDeny = {
   mode?: "LIVE" | "DRY_RUN";
-  deny: ArcjetWellKnownBot[];
+  deny: Array<ArcjetWellKnownBot | ArcjetBotCategory>;
 };
 ```
 
@@ -91,7 +95,8 @@ some bots to access your system, such as bots for search indexing or API
 access from the command line.
 
 This behavior is configured with an `allow` list from our [full list of
-bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list).
+bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list) and/or [bot
+categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots#bot-categories).
 
 {/* prettier-ignore */}
 <Tabs>
@@ -131,8 +136,9 @@ Some applications may only want to block a small subset of bots, while allowing
 the majority continued access. This may be due to many reasons, such as
 misconfigured or high-traffic bots.
 
-This behavior is configured with an `deny` list from our [full list of
-bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list).
+This behavior is configured with a `deny` list from our [full list of
+bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list) and/or [bot
+categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots#bot-categories).
 
 {/* prettier-ignore */}
 <Tabs>
@@ -340,9 +346,10 @@ Create a new API route at `/pages/api/arcjet.js`:
 ### Identified bots
 
 The decision also contains all of the [identified
-bots](/bot-protection/identifying-bots) detected from the request. A request may
-be identified as zero, one, or more bots—all of which will be available on the
-`decision.allowed` and `decision.denied` properties.
+bots and matched categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots) detected from the
+request. A request may be identified as zero, one, or more bots/categories—all
+of which will be available on the `decision.allowed` and `decision.denied`
+properties.
 
 <Tabs>
 <TabItem label="TS (App)">
@@ -413,6 +420,27 @@ allow or deny the request. Our recommendation is to block requests without
 </TabItem>
 </Tabs>
 
+## Filtering categories
+
+All categories are also provided as enumerations, which allows for programmatic
+access. For example, you may want to allow most of `CATEGORY:GOOGLE` except
+their "advertising quality" bot.
+
+<Tabs>
+  <TabItem label="TS (App)">
+    <Code code={FilteringAppTS} title="/app/api/hello/route.ts" lang="ts" />
+  </TabItem>
+  <TabItem label="TS (Pages)">
+    <Code code={FilteringPagesTS} title="/pages/api/hello.ts" lang="ts" />
+  </TabItem>
+  <TabItem label="JS (App)">
+    <Code code={FilteringAppJS} title="/app/api/hello/route.js" lang="js" />
+  </TabItem>
+  <TabItem label="JS (Pages)">
+    <Code code={FilteringPagesJS} title="/pages/api/hello.js" lang="js" />
+  </TabItem>
+</Tabs>
+
 ## Testing
 
 Arcjet runs the same in any environment, including locally and in CI. You can

diff --git a/src/content/docs/bot-protection/reference/nodejs.mdx b/src/content/docs/bot-protection/reference/nodejs.mdx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import IdentifiedBotsTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nodejs/Iden
 import IdentifiedBotsJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nodejs/IdentifiedBots.js?raw";
 import ErrorsTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nodejs/Errors.ts?raw";
 import ErrorsJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nodejs/Errors.js?raw";
+import FilteringTS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nodejs/Filtering.ts?raw";
+import FilteringJS from "/src/snippets/bot-protection/reference/nodejs/Filtering.js?raw";
 import Comments from "/src/components/Comments.astro";
 
 Arcjet bot detection allows you to manage traffic by automated clients and bots.
@@ -31,14 +33,14 @@ You can use only one of the following configuration definitions:
 ```ts
 type BotOptionsAllow = {
   mode?: "LIVE" | "DRY_RUN";
-  allow: ArcjetWellKnownBot[];
+  allow: Array<ArcjetWellKnownBot | ArcjetBotCategory>;
 };
 ```
 
 ```ts
 type BotOptionsDeny = {
   mode?: "LIVE" | "DRY_RUN";
-  deny: ArcjetWellKnownBot[];
+  deny: Array<ArcjetWellKnownBot | ArcjetBotCategory>;
 };
 ```
 
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ some bots to access your system, such as bots for search indexing or API
 access from the command line.
 
 This behavior is configured with an `allow` list from our [full list of
-bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list).
+bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list) and/or [bot
+categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots#bot-categories).
 
 <Tabs>
   <TabItem label="TS">
@@ -75,8 +78,9 @@ Some applications may only want to block a small subset of bots, while allowing
 the majority continued access. This may be due to many reasons, such as
 misconfigured or high-traffic bots.
 
-This behavior is configured with an `deny` list from our [full list of
-bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list).
+This behavior is configured with a `deny` list from our [full list of
+bots](https://arcjet.com/bot-list) and/or [bot
+categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots#bot-categories).
 
 <Tabs>
   <TabItem label="TS">
@@ -140,9 +144,10 @@ This example will log the full result as well as the bot protection rule:
 ### Identified bots
 
 The decision also contains all of the [identified
-bots](/bot-protection/identifying-bots) detected from the request. A request may
-be identified as zero, one, or more bots—all of which will be available on the
-`decision.allowed` and `decision.denied` properties.
+bots and matched categories](/bot-protection/identifying-bots) detected from the
+request. A request may be identified as zero, one, or more bots/categories—all
+of which will be available on the `decision.allowed` and `decision.denied`
+properties.
 
 <Tabs>
   <TabItem label="TS">
@@ -181,6 +186,21 @@ allow or deny the request. Our recommendation is to block requests without
   </TabItem>
 </Tabs>
 
+## Filtering categories
+
+All categories are also provided as enumerations, which allows for programmatic
+access. For example, you may want to allow most of `CATEGORY:GOOGLE` except
+their "advertising quality" bot.
+
+<Tabs>
+  <TabItem label="TS">
+    <Code code={FilteringTS} lang="ts" />
+  </TabItem>
+  <TabItem label="JS">
+    <Code code={FilteringJS} lang="js" />
+  </TabItem>
+</Tabs>
+
 ## Testing
 
 Arcjet runs the same in any environment, including locally and in CI. You can