What is Honeypot?

A hidden trap on a page designed to catch automated bots.

A honeypot is a deliberately hidden element — an invisible link, field, or endpoint — that real users never interact with but naive bots do. When automated traffic touches a honeypot, the site flags or blocks it. Avoiding honeypots requires scrapers to respect visibility and layout (for example, not following hidden links), which headless browsers and careful parsing help with.