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jonathansudhakar/botdetector
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Bot detector for Laravel 4

2144PHP

Since Aug 21Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Robot detector for Laravel 4
----------------------------

[](#robot-detector-for-laravel-4)

---

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add to composer.json:

```
require: "jonathansudhakar/botdetector": "dev-master"

```

Add to 'providers' in app/config/app.php

```
'Jonathansudhakar\Botdetector\BotdetectorServiceProvider'

```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

---

Detect if the the current request is a bot

```
Botdetector::isBot(); // returns true or false
Botdetector::detect()->isBot(); // returns true or false

```

Detect if the the current request is human

```
Botdetector::isHuman(); // returns true or false
Botdetector::detect()->isHuman(); // returns true or false

```

Detect if the a user-agent string is a bot (or Human)

```
Botdetector::isBot("user-agent-string"); // returns true or false
Botdetector::detect("user-agent-string")->isBot(); // returns true or false

```

More Options
------------

[](#more-options)

---

Get user-agent string

```
Botdetector::detect()->getAgent(); //returns user-agent string
Botdetector::detect("user-agent-string")->getAgent(); //returns user-agent string

```

Get list of user-agent strings being tested against apart from '/bot|crawl|slurp|spider/i' and '/Chrome/|Firefox/|Safari//i'.

```
Botdetector::detect()->getHumans(); //returns array with defaults
Botdetector::detect()->getBots(); //returns array with defaults
Botdetector::detect()->getHumans(false); //returns array without defaults
Botdetector::detect()->getBots(false); //returns array without defaults

```

Add list of user-agent strings to test against apart from '/bot|crawl|slurp|spider/i' and '/Chrome/|Firefox/|Safari//i'.

```
Botdetector::detect()->addHumans(array('list','of','human','user-agent strings'))->isBot(); //adds an array of humans to list of defaults
Botdetector::detect()->addBots(array('list','of','bot','user-agent strings'))->isBot(); //adds an array of bots to list of defaults

```

Option to not test against defaults including '/bot|crawl|slurp|spider/i' and '/Chrome/|Firefox/|Safari//i'.

```
Botdetector::detect()->ignoreDefaults()->isBot(); // Defaults to true if not set
Botdetector::detect()->ignoreDefaults(false)->isBot(); // Default setting

```

Option to test against a list of humans or bots in making a decision. Defaults to human.

```
Botdetector::detect()->useHumanData()->isBot(); // Defaults setting; Defaults to true
Botdetector::detect()->useHumanData(false)->isBot(); //Compares user-agent string against list of bots

```

Option to set empty string or null as bot or human. Defaults to bot.

```
Botdetector::detect()->isNullBot()->isBot(); // Defaults setting; Defaults to true
Botdetector::detect()->isNullBot(false)->isBot(); //Empty string/null reported as human

```

Functions can also be cascaded. Example:

```
Botdetector::detect("user-agent-string")->addHumans(array('list','of','human','user-agent strings'))->ignoreDefaults()->useHumanData()->isNullBot()->isBot();
Botdetector::detect()->addBots(array('list','of','bot','user-agent strings'))->ignoreDefaults(false)->useHumanData(false)->isNullBot(false)->getBots();

```

Intial Release Version v0.9
---------------------------

[](#intial-release-version-v09)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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