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updatedAt: 2026-05-29T15:12:00.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://artisttools.readme.io/llms.txt
---

# Check if a Spotify entity is botted

Returns detection results indicating whether a given Spotify URL (playlist, artist, track, or curator) exhibits signs of bot manipulation.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.3",
  "info": {
    "title": "artist.tools V2 API",
    "description": "REST API for accessing artist.tools data about Spotify playlists, tracks, artists and curators, as well as miscellaneous utilities. All endpoints are read-only and require an `x-api-key` sent as a request header.",
    "version": "2.0.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.artist.tools/v2",
      "description": "Production server"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "ApiKeyAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/misc/bot-status": {
      "get": {
        "tags": [
          "Misc"
        ],
        "summary": "Check if a Spotify entity is botted",
        "description": "Returns detection results indicating whether a given Spotify URL (playlist, artist, track, or curator) exhibits signs of bot manipulation.",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/Url"
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/BotStatusResponse"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/NotFound"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "ApiKeyAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "x-api-key"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "Url": {
        "name": "url",
        "in": "query",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        },
        "description": "Percent-encoded URL to evaluate for bot activity"
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "SuccessEnvelope": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "success": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "example": true
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "integer",
            "example": 200
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "success",
          "status"
        ]
      },
      "ErrorResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "success": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "example": false
          },
          "error": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "success",
          "error",
          "status"
        ]
      },
      "BotStatus": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Bot detection result",
        "properties": {
          "botted": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the entity is detected as botted"
          },
          "metadata": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Additional detection metadata (varies by entity type)",
            "properties": {
              "bottedPlaylistIds": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "description": "List of botted playlist IDs (for artists, tracks, curators)"
              },
              "bottedPlaylistCount": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Number of botted playlists (for artists, tracks, curators)"
              },
              "indicators": {
                "type": "object",
                "description": "Bot detection indicators (for playlists)"
              },
              "fraudHistory": {
                "type": "object",
                "description": "Historical fraud data (for playlists)"
              },
              "adminOverride": {
                "type": "object",
                "nullable": true,
                "description": "Admin override settings (for playlists)"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "BotStatusResponse": {
        "description": "Bot detection result for a Spotify entity (playlist, artist, track, or curator)",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "allOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SuccessEnvelope"
                },
                {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "type": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "enum": [
                        "bot_status"
                      ]
                    },
                    "data": {
                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BotStatus"
                    }
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            "example": {
              "success": true,
              "status": 200,
              "type": "bot_status",
              "data": {
                "botted": true,
                "metadata": {
                  "editorial": false,
                  "indicators": [
                    "sudden_follower_spike",
                    "low_engagement_ratio",
                    "suspicious_track_additions"
                  ],
                  "fraudHistory": [
                    {
                      "date": "2025-11-15T00:00:00.000Z",
                      "reason": "follower_spike"
                    },
                    {
                      "date": "2026-01-03T00:00:00.000Z",
                      "reason": "engagement_anomaly"
                    }
                  ],
                  "adminOverride": null,
                  "notes": null
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "NotFound": {
        "description": "Resource not found",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```