socialbots-interceptor

An ExpressJS middleware to intercept requests from social media service crawlers (like Twitter, Facebook) and allow defining a custom handler.

Usage

const Interceptor = require("socialbots-interceptor");
// ...
app.use(Interceptor(cfg, (req, res, next) => {
  // ...
  res.status(404).send("Not found");
}));

Options

• shouldProceed (boolean, default false) makes the interceptor non-blocking
• shouldWait (boolean, default false) waits on a promise from the given callback to proceed

Note Enabling either of them is not recommended. Your handler should completely handle and respond to the request, then quit.

Supports

Currently supports:

• Twitter (Twitterbot)
• Facebook (facebookexternalhit)