How do you differentiate an airdrop transaction from a normal transaction in the etherscan API?

Question

How do you differentiate an airdrop transaction from a normal transaction in the etherscan API?

I want to know how to differentiate an airdrop transaction from a normal transaction using the etherscan API. I read the documentation of the api, I contacted the support and looked for airdrops but it does not appear on their website

Answer 1

There are multiple ways to perform an airdrop. Some of which are not distinguishable from swaps and other types of transfer.

Some mint new tokens, some transfer tokens from a vault address. Some airdops are initiated by an authorized address, some have users to claim their tokens.

So generally, there is no generic way to recognize an airdrop.