robots in the actual http client

src/Config.zig

@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ pub fn tlsVerifyHost(self: *const Config) bool {
     };
 }
 
+pub fn obeyRobots(self: *const Config) bool {
+    return switch (self.mode) {
+        inline .serve, .fetch => |opts| opts.common.obey_robots,
+        else => unreachable,
+    };
+}
+
 pub fn httpProxy(self: *const Config) ?[:0]const u8 {
     return switch (self.mode) {
         inline .serve, .fetch => |opts| opts.common.http_proxy,
@@ -158,6 +165,7 @@ pub const Fetch = struct {
 };
 
 pub const Common = struct {
+    obey_robots: bool = false,
     proxy_bearer_token: ?[:0]const u8 = null,
     http_proxy: ?[:0]const u8 = null,
     http_max_concurrent: ?u8 = null,
@@ -223,6 +231,11 @@ pub fn printUsageAndExit(self: *const Config, success: bool) void {
         \\                advanced option which should only be set if you understand
         \\                and accept the risk of disabling host verification.
         \\
+        \\--obey_robots
+        \\                Fetches and obeys the robots.txt (if available) of the web pages
+        \\                we make requests towards.
+        \\                Defaults to false.
+        \\
         \\--http_proxy    The HTTP proxy to use for all HTTP requests.
         \\                A username:password can be included for basic authentication.
         \\                Defaults to none.
@@ -613,6 +626,11 @@ fn parseCommonArg(
         return true;
     }
 
+    if (std.mem.eql(u8, "--obey_robots", opt)) {
+        common.obey_robots = true;
+        return true;
+    }
+
     if (std.mem.eql(u8, "--http_proxy", opt)) {
         const str = args.next() orelse {
             log.fatal(.app, "missing argument value", .{ .arg = "--http_proxy" });