Detect Spam in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Score text for spam by the row. Flags likely spam down a whole column — Google 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 5 credits 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.

spamdetector.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("spamdetector", A2, "field", "likelySpam")

Text

Likely Spam

Parsed

Is Disposable Email

Is IPBlacklisted

Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash

TRUE

TRUE

FALSE

click any cell to see its formula5 credits / cell

Ways to use it

Validate a list before you use it

Run =VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "likelySpam") down a column of inputs and let each row tell you whether it's real and safe — catch the bad ones before they hit your workflow.

Score a lead or signup sheet

Add a validity column beside your contacts so you can filter, sort, or conditionally format the rows worth keeping.

Guardrail with IF

Wrap =VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "likelySpam") in an IF and flag anything that fails, turning a raw import into a checked, trustworthy sheet.

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("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "likelySpam")

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("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "likelySpam")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

email
The email address to validate against the spam database. This is optional
=VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "email", "[email protected]")
ipPremium
The IP address to validate against the spam database. This is optional
=VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "ip", "192.168.1.1")

Fields you can pull

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

Likely Spam
=VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "likelySpam")
Is Disposable EmailPremium
=VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "isDisposableEmail")
Is IPBlacklistedPremium
=VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "isIPBlacklisted")
Ip Details › CountryPremium
=VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "ipDetails.country")
Ip Details › RegionPremium
=VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "ipDetails.region")
Parsed
=VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "parsed")

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 Spam, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Detect Spam into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "field", "likelySpam") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Detect Spam?

Detect Spam returns likelySpam and parsed — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what Detect Spam returns?

Yes — Detect Spam takes "email" and "ip" as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the required ones, in any order, so =VERVE("spamdetector", "Can you please spare some change?! Desperate!!! Send cash", "email", "[email protected]") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Which Detect Spam fields need a paid plan?

isDisposableEmail, isIPBlacklisted, ipDetails.country and ipDetails.region are included from the Starter plan up. On the Free plan the cell returns #PREMIUM(field) rather than a wrong or empty value, so it's always obvious which one to upgrade for. Every other field works on Free.

Can I fill a whole column of Detect Spam at once?

Yes. Put your text values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

How many credits does each Detect Spam cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 5 credits. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Detect Spam work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Detect Spam

Validate a list before you use it

Score a lead or signup sheet

Guardrail with IF

Detect Spam, answered

Put Detect Spam in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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