# Can I ignore some user agents?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-ignore-some-user-agents/236897
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-ignore-some-user-agents/236897 "2022-08-22T22:18:53Z")
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### Author: ![hiddenseal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hiddenseal/32/284273_2.png) [@hiddenseal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hiddenseal)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-ignore-some-user-agents/236897/4 "2022-08-22T23:20:23Z")

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I’d guess your only option will be using [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) to get data in CSV/JSON format and then visualizing it elsewhere.

I’m not sure if you know this, but if you want to monitor server uptime/responsiveness, you could use things like Prometheus

> [@Discourse Prometheus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-prometheus/72666):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Prometheus is the official [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) exporter for Discoursehammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-prometheus](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-prometheus)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) The Discourse Prometheus plugin collects key metrics from Discourse and exposes them in the /metrics path so prometheus can consume them. These metrics can be used to Graph all sorts of data like: Median and 99th percentile time…

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