Introduction

What is Opttab?

Opttab is the world's first comprehensive platform for AI model visibility and ethical data acquisition. We help content creators, businesses, and AI models interact transparently through:

• AI Visibility Analytics - Track how AI models perceive and cite your content
• GEO Score Optimization - Optimize your content for AI training datasets
• Content Monetization - Earn revenue from AI model usage
• Ethical Data Marketplace - Connect AI models with quality training data
• Campaign Management - Promote your assets in AI responses

Integration Guides

Opttab seamlessly integrates with any website or application, providing powerful analytics and monetization tools. Whether you're an AI model developer or a content creator, we have solutions for you.

Quick Start

Get started with Opttab's APIs in just a few minutes:

curl "https://opttab.com/api/v1/ai/budget-status" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here" \
  -H "X-API-Secret: your_secret_here"

Key Features

Base URLs

AI Crawl Analytics Integration

Monitor how AI bots like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot crawl your website. Track crawl frequency, patterns, and verify opt-out compliance.

Server-Side Integration

Send HTTP request logs from your server to track AI crawler activity:

POST https://opttab.com/api/v1/ai-analytics/ingest
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "logs": [{
    "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; GPTBot/1.0)",
    "request_path": "/blog/post-slug",
    "status_code": 200,
    "client_ip": "192.168.1.1",
    "timestamp": "2025-10-29T12:00:00Z",
    "referrer": "https://google.com",
    "crawl_depth": 2,
    "content_length": 45678
  }]
}

log_format ai_tracking '$remote_addr - [$time_local] "$request" '
                      '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                      '"$http_user_agent"';

access_log /var/log/nginx/ai-crawl.log ai_tracking;

addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request))
})

async function handleRequest(request) {
  const userAgent = request.headers.get('user-agent')
  
  // Detect AI bots
  if (isAIBot(userAgent)) {
    await logToOpttab({
      user_agent: userAgent,
      request_path: new URL(request.url).pathname,
      timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
    })
  }
  
  return fetch(request)
}

Supported AI Bots

Opttab automatically detects and classifies these AI bot crawlers:

• GPTBot - OpenAI's web crawler for training GPT models
• ClaudeBot - Anthropic's AI training data collector
• PerplexityBot - Perplexity AI's search indexing bot
• Google-Extended - Google's Gemini training crawler
• Bingbot - Microsoft's Copilot data acquisition
• MetaBot - Meta's AI training crawler
• And 15+ more AI model crawlers

AI Website Analytics Integration

Track visitors coming from AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and understand how AI-driven discovery impacts your traffic.

Client-Side Integration

Add a simple JavaScript snippet to your website to start tracking AI platform traffic:

<script>
  window.opttabConfig = {
    token: 'YOUR_TRACKING_TOKEN',
    apiUrl: 'https://opttab.com/api/v1/ai-analytics/track'
  };
</script>
<script src="/js/opttab-analytics.js"></script>

Detected AI Platforms

Opttab automatically identifies traffic from these AI platforms:

• ChatGPT (chat.openai.com) - OpenAI's conversational AI
• Perplexity AI (perplexity.ai) - AI-powered answer engine
• Claude (claude.ai) - Anthropic's AI assistant
• Google Gemini (gemini.google.com) - Google's multimodal AI
• Microsoft Copilot (copilot.microsoft.com) - Microsoft's AI assistant
• You.com - AI-powered search engine
• Phind - Developer-focused AI search
• Kagi - Privacy-focused AI search

Analytics & Insights

Both AI Crawl and Website Analytics provide comprehensive insights:

• Traffic Volume - Real-time bot/visitor counts from AI sources
• Top Pages - Most accessed content by AI crawlers or referred visitors
• Activity Timeline - Visualize crawl patterns and traffic trends
• Bot Breakdown - Detailed metrics per AI model/platform
• Engagement Metrics - Time on site, bounce rate, conversion tracking
• Intent Analysis - Understand what users are looking for from AI platforms

Need Help?

Our team is here to support you every step of the way. For personalized assistance with your integration: