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Detect Bots

Networking1 credit/cellSheets · ExcelNew
=VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)")
What this pulls

Flag bot and crawler user agents by the row. =VERVE("botdetector", A2) returns bot name, category and reputation — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

botdetector.xlsxsample data
B2fx=VERVE("botdetector", A2, "userAgent")
A
B
C
D
E
1
Ua
User Agent
Is Bot
Name
Category
2
Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)
Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.…
TRUE
Googlebot
search_engine
3
4
click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell
Ways to use it

Resolve a column of hosts

Fill =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)") down your list of hosts or IPs and land the answer for each in its own row — no terminal, no scripts.

Enrich logs or inventories

Add Detect Bots's lookup beside an existing table to turn bare identifiers into readable, structured detail.

Compose checks

Combine the result with IF and conditional formatting to surface the rows that need attention.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)")
Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)")
Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

  • User Agent
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "userAgent")
  • Is Bot
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "isBot")
  • BotPremium
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "bot")
  • Bot.name
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "bot.name")
  • Bot.category
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "bot.category")
  • Bot.url
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "bot.url")
  • Bot.reputation
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "bot.reputation")
  • Bot.should Block
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "bot.shouldBlock")
  • Is AutomatedPremium
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "isAutomated")
  • Risk ScorePremium
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "riskScore")
  • Risk LevelPremium
    =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)", "field", "riskLevel")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Detect Bots, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Detect Bots into a spreadsheet?
Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)") into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.
How many credits does each Detect Bots cell cost?
Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.
Can I fill a whole column at once?
Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Detect Bots at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("botdetector", "Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)") down like any spreadsheet function.
Does Detect Bots work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?
Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.
How current is the data?
Detect Bots is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.
Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?
VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Detect Bots is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.
Combine it with
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=VERVE("phishingcheck", "centruldepiele.ro")
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=VERVE("tlscheck", "amazon.com")
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=VERVE("contentfilter", "https://example-gambling-site.com/play")
Detect Tor Nodes
=VERVE("tordetect", "185.189.183.143")
Detect VPNs
=VERVE("vpndetector", "103.62.49.210")
IP Blacklist Check
=VERVE("ipblacklistlookup", "185.220.101.1")
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