{"id":1961,"date":"2023-04-07T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/uncategorized\/what-does-the-useragent-onlineradiobox-hisbot-mean-in-web-radio-logs\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T20:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:07:16","slug":"what-does-the-useragent-onlineradiobox-hisbot-mean-in-web-radio-logs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/faq\/statistic\/useragent\/what-does-the-useragent-onlineradiobox-hisbot-mean-in-web-radio-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the UserAgent &#8220;OnlineRadioBox HisBot&#8221; mean in web radio logs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the UserAgent &#8220;OnlineRadioBox HisBot&#8221;?<\/h2>\n\n<p>If the UserAgent <strong>&#8220;OnlineRadioBox HisBot&#8221;<\/strong> appears in your web radio logs, this is an automated access from the <strong>OnlineRadioBox.com<\/strong> platform. This website lists thousands of web radio stations worldwide &#8211; possibly including yours.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;HisBot&#8221; stands for <strong>History Bot<\/strong> &#8211; an automatic system that <strong>checks title information and stream availability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does HisBot do?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The <strong>HisBot<\/strong> from OnlineRadioBox regularly retrieves your stream in order to:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>recognize the current <strong>music playback<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>add new tracks to the <strong>track history<\/strong> on the website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ensure that your stream is <strong>online and accessible<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>read <strong>metadata<\/strong> such as artist or song title if necessary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>These accesses usually run in the background, regularly and automatically.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is &#8220;HisBot&#8221; visible in web radio logs?<\/h2>\n\n<p>Access is not made by a human listener, but by an OnlineRadioBox system. This is why the UserAgent <strong>&#8220;HisBot&#8221;<\/strong> appears in the logs.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can tell that your station is actively monitored and visible on OnlineRadioBox &#8211; even without an active listener.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does this mean for your radio station?<\/h2>\n\n<p>An entry like &#8220;HisBot&#8221; is basically <strong>positive<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your station will be <strong>listed<\/strong> on OnlineRadioBox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The platform displays your most recently played titles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your reach via web radio directories is increased<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>You can also use these entries to check <strong>whether your metadata is being transferred correctly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion: HisBot tracks your title history<\/h2>\n\n<p>The UserAgent <strong>&#8220;OnlineRadioBox HisBot&#8221;<\/strong> stands for technical access by a bot that monitors your track history. It is used to keep your radio station up-to-date and visible on the platform <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlineradiobox.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.onlineradiobox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OnlineRadioBox.com<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; a helpful tool for increasing your reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the UserAgent &#8220;OnlineRadioBox HisBot&#8221;? If the UserAgent &#8220;OnlineRadioBox HisBot&#8221; appears in your web radio logs, this is an automated access from the OnlineRadioBox.com platform. This website lists thousands of web radio stations worldwide &#8211; possibly including yours. &#8220;HisBot&#8221; stands for History Bot &#8211; an automatic system that checks title information and stream availability.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[94,95],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-useragent","tag-statistics","tag-useragent-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961\/revisions\/1962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spcast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}