Dev tools · September 12, 2022
IPDetective – An API for IP bot detection
IPDetective collects data from about 60+ different sources such as official cloud provider endpoints and public VPN/Proxy/Tor/Bot net lists. Then aggregates this data into a fast and easy to use API that can be integrated into applications or scripts easily. IPDetective started as a hobby project for my other hobby projects :) and I decided to wrap a simple website around and offer it as a service. Let me know what your thoughts, if you find value in this service or if you have any feature requests.
IPDetective – An API for IP bot detection launched on September 12, 2022 with 68 votes, #724 of 3,464 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
In plain words
IPDetective is an API that identifies bot activity and suspicious IP addresses by aggregating data from over 60 sources, including cloud provider endpoints and public lists of VPNs, proxies, Tor nodes, and botnets. Developers can integrate it into applications or scripts to detect and filter non-human traffic. The service offers a centralized way to check IP reputation without managing multiple data sources separately.
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Simple and fast VPN and Bot detection
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