robots.txt
Add or generate a robots.txt file that matches the Robots Exclusion Standard in the root of app directory to tell search engine crawlers which URLs they can access on your site.
Static robots.txt
app/robots.txt
User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /private/
Sitemap: https://acme.com/sitemap.xmlGenerate a Robots file
Add a robots.js or robots.ts file that returns a Robots object.
app/robots.ts
import { MetadataRoute } from 'next';
export default function robots(): MetadataRoute.Robots {
return {
rules: {
userAgent: '*',
allow: '/',
disallow: '/private/',
},
sitemap: 'https://acme.com/sitemap.xml',
};
}Output:
User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /private/
Sitemap: https://acme.com/sitemap.xmlRobots object
type Robots = {
rules:
| {
userAgent?: string | string[];
allow?: string | string[];
disallow?: string | string[];
crawlDelay?: number;
}
| Array<{
userAgent: string | string[];
allow?: string | string[];
disallow?: string | string[];
crawlDelay?: number;
}>;
sitemap?: string | string[];
host?: string;
};