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Arcjet bot protection lets you allow selected bots or deny selected bots. Pass exactly one of allow or deny.

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Syntax

detectBot({ mode?: "LIVE" | "DRY_RUN"; allow: Array<ArcjetWellKnownBot | ArcjetBotCategory> })
detectBot({ mode?: "LIVE" | "DRY_RUN"; deny: Array<ArcjetWellKnownBot | ArcjetBotCategory> })

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  • detectBot
  • BotCategory
  • protect
  • isVerifiedBot
  • isMissingUserAgent
  • Mode.DRY_RUN

Source: Bot protection reference for Node.js | Arcjet Docs. Checked 2026-11-03.