Alibaba Qwen User Agents

Primary Qwen Crawler

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; QwenBot/1.0; +https://tongyi.aliyun.com/bot)

Main user agent for Qwen's web crawling and content access operations.

Tongyi Bot Crawler

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TongyiBot/1.0; +https://tongyi.aliyun.com)

Alternative user agent using the Chinese name Tongyi (通义).

JavaScript Detection

// Detect Alibaba Qwen user agents
const isQwen = /QwenBot|TongyiBot|Tongyi-Crawler|AlibabaBot|AliyunBot/i.test(navigator.userAgent);

if (isQwen) {
  console.log('Alibaba Qwen crawler detected');
  // Track visit, customize for e-commerce content
}

Server-Side Detection (Node.js)

// Express.js middleware
app.use((req, res, next) => {
  const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
  const isQwenBot = /QwenBot|TongyiBot|Tongyi-Crawler|AlibabaBot|AliyunBot/i.test(userAgent);
  
  if (isQwenBot) {
    console.log('Alibaba Qwen crawler detected:', userAgent);
    req.isQwenBot = true;
    // Can customize response for Alibaba's ecosystem
  }
  next();
});

Block All Qwen/Alibaba Crawlers

To completely prevent Qwen from accessing your website:

# Block all Alibaba Qwen crawlers
User-agent: QwenBot
User-agent: TongyiBot
User-agent: Tongyi-Crawler
User-agent: AlibabaBot
User-agent: AliyunBot
Disallow: /

Selective Access for E-commerce

Allow product pages while protecting other content:

# Allow e-commerce content, block private areas
User-agent: QwenBot
User-agent: TongyiBot
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /user/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /api/
Allow: /products/
Allow: /catalog/
Allow: /reviews/
Allow: /specifications/

Business Content Only

If targeting business/B2B users, allow only business content:

# Allow business content for Alibaba Cloud users
User-agent: QwenBot
User-agent: AliyunBot
Allow: /enterprise/
Allow: /solutions/
Allow: /case-studies/
Allow: /whitepaper/
Disallow: /

API Configuration

// Qwen API endpoint (OpenAI-compatible)
const API_ENDPOINT = 'https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/api/v1';

// Available models
const MODELS = {
  'qwen-max': 'Qwen Max',              // Most capable
  'qwen-plus': 'Qwen Plus',            // Balanced
  'qwen-turbo': 'Qwen Turbo',          // Fast
  'qwen-vl-max': 'Qwen VL Max',        // Vision
  'qwen-audio': 'Qwen Audio',          // Audio
};

// Example API call
const callQwen = async (message) => {
  const response = await fetch(
    `${API_ENDPOINT}/services/aigc/text-generation/generation`,
    {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${DASHSCOPE_API_KEY}`,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({
        model: 'qwen-max',
        input: {
          messages: [
            { role: 'user', content: message }
          ]
        },
        parameters: {
          temperature: 0.7
        }
      })
    }
  );
  
  return await response.json();
};