# Managing .txt files with Outbound Feeds

Source: https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/managing-txt-files-with-outbound-feeds/

Outbound Feeds (OBF) includes a text block to allow you to self-manage **.txt** files like **ads.txt, app-ads.txt and** **robots.txt** from within Editor.

## Updates

- Clients that joined Arc XP after August 1, 2021 are configured to use the OBF **robots.txt** and **ads.txt** files automatically, i.e. requests to `https://www.domain.com/ads.txt` will be redirected to `/arc/outboundfeeds/ads.txt?outputType=text`. Clients that joined Arc XP before August 1, 2021 will need to open an [Arc XP Customer Support](https://support.arcpublishing.com/) ticket to enable the redirects to the OBF **robots.txt** and **ads.txt** pages. It is also possible to manage these file in your website’s Editor instead of OBF.
- Clients that joined Arc XP after April 15, 2022 are configured to use the OBF **app-ads.txt** file automatically. Clients still need to open an [Arc XP Customer Support](https://support.arcpublishing.com/) ticket to enable the rewrite to the OBF **app-ads.txt** pages from CDN. i.e: `https://www.domain.com/app-ads.txt` to be redirected to `/arc/outboundfeeds/app-ads.txt?outputType=text`. This file can only be managed in your OBF instance.

## Text File – Arc Block

This Block has a custom field called Text, where you can enter plain text (such as the contents of your **robots.txt, ads.txt** and **app-ads.txt** files). This block _only_ outputs to the Text Output Type, so you must add the outputType parameter to the page URL when viewing it: `?outputType=text`

![Text File GIF](https://dev.arcxp.com/_astro/Textfilearcblock.BLsD7zZu_Z1tk3o7.webp)

## Text – Arc Output Type

The Text Output Type is only meant to work with the Text File block. It tells engine to render the page in _text/plain_.

## How to create a .txt page

The steps to use this component to create a page (such as your robots.txt page) are as follows. The example given is for the **robots.txt**. The steps to create an **ads.txt** or **app-ads.txt** are the same, just replace **robots.txt** with the file you want. Your OBF environment may already have sample files created. If the pages already exist, you can skip to step 4 and enter your websites data into the text feature.

1. Create a new blank page in PageBuilder (for example, **robots.txt, ads.txt** or **app-ads.txt**)
2. Name the page (for example, robots.txt)
3. Assign the page a URI: `/arc/outboundfeeds/robots.txt`. It **must** start with `/arc/outboundfeeds/` The outboundfeeds environment only gets requests from origin if they start `/arc/outboundfeeds`. Requests that don’t start with `/arc/outboundfeeds` are passed to your main fusion instance (your website).
4. For Default output type select text from the drop down.
5. Select which website(s) this page is for. You can create a different robots.txt for each website, but they must all have the same Page URI.
6. Click **create.** You will be taken to the setup screen, click on the square curate icon below the setup gear to be able to add the text block to the page.
7. Click **Add block** and select the _Text File – Arc Block_ to add to this page. In the Text custom field, enter the text you want your robots.txt file to contain. You can use the following placeholder `{{siteProperties.feedDomainURL}}` to have Engine replace the placeholder with the current websites domain in a string.  
![Engine Replace](https://dev.arcxp.com/_astro/Enginereplace.1Kay5sGR_Z1Nlui9.webp)
8. Publish the page. To view the published page, remember that you will have to add the output type parameter to the page URL (`outputType=text`), since this is not the default output type. Now that the page is published you can test it using your internal URI `https://outboundfeeds.ORG.arcpublishing.com/pf/arc/outboundfeeds/robots.txt/?outputType=text&_website=my-website`  
![Mobile User Agent](https://dev.arcxp.com/_astro/Mobileuseragent.C4LucUnH_1yeyqa.webp)
9. Once you’re satisfied with the published page, submit a ticket to [Arc XP Customer Support](https://support.arcpublishing.com/) requesting that `robots.txt` is rewritten to `/arc/outboundfeeds/robots.txt?outputType=text` Note: This is a one-time request to ALC and is only required for customers who joined after August 1, 2021 (or after April 15, 2022 for app-ads.txt) - once this is complete, you are now self-managing this page from Editor, and you can make any updates you wish by updating the text and republishing the page.