# Call to $contactApi-\>getList() returns too many results

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/call-to-contactapi-getlist-returns-too-many-results/19911>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 20, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/call-to-contactapi-getlist-returns-too-many-results/19911 "2021-06-20T09:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/call-to-contactapi-getlist-returns-too-many-results/19911/4 "2021-06-21T05:29:36Z")

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Hi, you can also create a campaign that takes care of it.

> [@There's presumably bot accessing media and mautic registers new anonymous contacts. Thus, the contact ID builds up so quickly](https://forum.mautic.org/t/theres-presumably-bot-accessing-media-and-mautic-registers-new-anonymous-contacts-thus-the-contact-id-builds-up-so-quickly/19236/5):
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> Are you getting a lot of the same IP or is it just one ip logging one hit…I am getting tons of IPs that are visitors anonymous (not bots based on the useragent) when Mautic should have placed all the same IP in one record…they are making a new record for each one… sometimes 50-60 in a row…killing my db… Also you can montior the useragent yourself to see if they are bots or non browsers… Be careful with the blocking and deleteing… since if you confirm they are browsers and the keep hitting your …

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