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User-Agent Bot Detection
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User-Agent Bot Detection is a paid API for AI agents from useragent.openverbs.com, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Detects whether a given User-Agent header string belongs to a bot or automated client
Price / call$0.002
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Detect whether a User-Agent belongs to a known bot, crawler, AI agent or HTTP tool, and if so return its name and category (search, social, seo, ai, monitoring, tool, …).
Output
A classification result indicating whether the provided User-Agent string is identified as a bot, likely including a boolean is-bot flag and potentially a confidence score or bot type classification.
Example use cases
Filter bot traffic before processing
“Before logging this analytics event, check if the user agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SemrushBot/7~bl; +http://www.semrush.com/bot.html)' is a bot so I can skip recording it.”
Block scrapers on API gateway
“Can you tell me if the user agent 'python-requests/2.28.0' is a bot? I want to block automated scrapers from hitting my API.”
Validate human user in onboarding flow
“A new signup just came in with user agent 'Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 11)' — is that a bot or a real user? I need to decide whether to trigger the welcome email.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://useragent.openverbs.com/v1/is-botWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, lightweight check on whether a specific User-Agent string belongs to a bot or automated client — ideal for real-time request filtering, analytics deduplication, or access control logic where you only have the User-Agent header available and need an instant verdict without full behavioral analysis.
Side effects
- Missing or empty 'ua' field returns validation error
- Unknown or ambiguous user agent strings may result in uncertain classification
- Very new or custom bot user agents may not be recognized
- Malformed JSON body returns 400-level error
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402/429 errors
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object |
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