Is there a way I can tell if someone is programatically accessing my website with selenium if they are doing it at a low rate and with no clicks?

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I would like to learn more about how selenium works. And to specifically answer the question: is it possible to know if someone is programatically accessing my website at a low rate using selenium webdriver?

edit: this is quite related, but it is dated Selenium Webdriver is detectable

Also, there is a recent specification for webdrivers that includes a webdriver-active flag http://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/#dfn-webdriver-active-flag

Possible duplicate of [Selenium Webdriver is detectable](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24938916/selenium-webdriver-is-detectable) — Louis, Oct 15 '15 at 11:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '15 at 21:57

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No, you can't reliably determine if a human or a selenium process is interacting with your system. All your server sees are http requests.

answered Oct 14 '15 at 21:57

Bryan Oakley

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Is there a way I can tell if someone is programatically accessing my website with selenium if they are doing it at a low rate and with no clicks?

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