Training crawlers
img2dataset is a bot that collects pages used to train AI models. Downloads large sets of images into datasets for LLM training or other purposes. No IP range list or reverse-DNS convention is published, so a request carrying this user agent cannot be proven genuine and a robots.txt rule alone will not stop a forgery.
Request says
"img2dataset"
Checked against
Nothing published
Live check
No operator check exists for img2dataset. This still shows what the address really is.
Reference
| User agent | img2datasetToken only: match on the substring. |
|---|---|
| Operator | img2dataset |
| Purpose | Scrapes images for use in LLMs. |
| Respects robots.txt | No policy |
| Verification method | Claim onlyNone published, user agent only No IP range file and no reverse-DNS convention have been published for this agent. The user-agent string is the only signal, and any client can send it, so treat a match as a claim rather than proof. |
| Crawl pattern | At the discretion of img2dataset users. |
| Robots.txt tokens | img2dataset |
| Operator documentation | None published |
Downloads large sets of images into datasets for LLM training or other purposes.
robots.txt
Paste one at the root of your domain. Rules are per token.
User-agent: img2dataset
Disallow: /User-agent: img2dataset
Allow: /User-agent: img2dataset
Allow: /
Disallow: /account/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /searchEdit the Disallow paths to match your own URLs.
Blocking img2dataset keeps your pages out of the next training run. It does not remove anything already collected, and it has no effect on how the site ranks in ordinary search.
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img2dataset is a bot that collects pages used to train AI models. Downloads large sets of images into datasets for LLM training or other purposes. No IP range list or reverse-DNS convention is published, so a request carrying this user agent cannot be proven genuine and a robots.txt rule alone will not stop a forgery.
Not documented. No operator statement says whether img2dataset reads robots.txt, so add the rule but verify in your logs that the requests actually stop.
You cannot, at least not from the request itself. No IP range file and no reverse-DNS convention have been published for this agent. The user-agent string is the only signal, and any client can send it, so treat a match as a claim rather than proof. Compare the source IP against hosting and datacenter ranges instead, and rate limit anything that behaves like a crawler.
Add the img2dataset token to robots.txt with Disallow: /. If the crawler ignores robots.txt, match the user agent at your CDN or reverse proxy and return 403 there instead.
Blocking img2dataset keeps your pages out of the next training run. It does not remove anything already collected, and it has no effect on how the site ranks in ordinary search.