diff --git a/static/js/settings.js b/static/js/settings.js
index 7e4e879add..5ff45d1404 100644
--- a/static/js/settings.js
+++ b/static/js/settings.js
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ $(function () {
         $("#name_change_container").hide();
     }
 
-    channel.post({
-        url: '/json/get_bots',
+    channel.get({
+        url: '/json/bots',
         idempotent: true,
         success: function (data) {
             $('#bot_table_error').hide();
diff --git a/tools/stress-test/stress-test.coffee b/tools/stress-test/stress-test.coffee
index ffb38a7902..4274ed0696 100644
--- a/tools/stress-test/stress-test.coffee
+++ b/tools/stress-test/stress-test.coffee
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ZulipSession extends Session
         @parse_page_params()
 
         @update_active_status()
-        @post '/json/get_bots'
+        @get '/json/bots'
         @post '/json/get_old_messages', {
             anchor: @pointer
             num_before: 200
diff --git a/zerver/tests.py b/zerver/tests.py
index 2f511c6964..33467bb616 100644
--- a/zerver/tests.py
+++ b/zerver/tests.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class ActivateTest(AuthedTestCase):
 
 class BotTest(AuthedTestCase):
     def assert_num_bots_equal(self, count):
-        result = self.client.post("/json/get_bots")
+        result = self.client.get("/json/bots")
         self.assert_json_success(result)
         json = ujson.loads(result.content)
         self.assertEqual(count, len(json['bots']))
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class BotTest(AuthedTestCase):
         self.assert_json_error(result, 'Insufficient permission')
 
     def get_bot(self):
-        result = self.client.post("/json/get_bots")
+        result = self.client.get("/json/bots")
         bots = ujson.loads(result.content)['bots']
         return bots[0]
 
diff --git a/zerver/views/__init__.py b/zerver/views/__init__.py
index 39ae37fa4e..ee61055bf5 100644
--- a/zerver/views/__init__.py
+++ b/zerver/views/__init__.py
@@ -1955,8 +1955,7 @@ def json_create_bot(request, user_profile, full_name=REQ, short_name=REQ):
     )
     return json_success(json_result)
 
-@authenticated_json_post_view
-def json_get_bots(request, user_profile):
+def get_bots_backend(request, user_profile):
     bot_profiles = UserProfile.objects.filter(is_bot=True, is_active=True,
                                               bot_owner=user_profile)
     bot_profiles = bot_profiles.order_by('date_joined')
diff --git a/zproject/urls.py b/zproject/urls.py
index c1a279d6dc..0197184387 100644
--- a/zproject/urls.py
+++ b/zproject/urls.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ urlpatterns += patterns('zerver.views',
     url(r'^json/upload_file$',              'json_upload_file'),
     url(r'^json/messages_in_narrow$',       'messages.json_messages_in_narrow'),
     url(r'^json/create_bot$',               'json_create_bot'),
-    url(r'^json/get_bots$',                 'json_get_bots'),
     url(r'^json/update_message$',           'messages.json_update_message'),
     url(r'^json/fetch_raw_message$',        'messages.json_fetch_raw_message'),
     url(r'^json/refer_friend$',             'json_refer_friend'),
@@ -222,6 +221,8 @@ v1_api_and_json_patterns = patterns('zerver.views',
     url(r'^users/(?P<email>.*)$', 'rest_dispatch',
             {'PATCH': 'update_user_backend',
              'DELETE': 'deactivate_user_backend'}),
+    url(r'^bots$', 'rest_dispatch',
+            {'GET': 'get_bots_backend'}),
     url(r'^bots/(?P<email>.*)/api_key/regenerate$', 'rest_dispatch',
             {'POST': 'regenerate_bot_api_key'}),
     url(r'^bots/(?P<email>.*)$', 'rest_dispatch',