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Honeypot Trap
A hidden element or decoy placed on a website to catch bots. Real users never interact with it, so any request that touches it is flagged as automated.
Full Definition
A honeypot trap is an invisible or visually hidden link, form field, or page element embedded in a website's HTML that is invisible to human visitors (hidden with CSS) but visible to bots that parse raw HTML. When a crawler follows a hidden link or a bot fills an invisible form field, the site instantly flags that session as automated and may block the IP or account. Proper scrapers must detect and skip honeypot elements — typically by ignoring links or inputs that have display:none, visibility:hidden, opacity:0, or are positioned off-screen.
