Use Cases

CAPTCHA Automation Scripts with CaptchaAI

Drop-in scripts for common CAPTCHA automation tasks. Each script uses CaptchaAI's API and handles the full workflow — submit, poll, and use the result.

Script 1: Solve reCAPTCHA v2

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Solve reCAPTCHA v2 and print the token."""
import requests
import time
import sys

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

def solve_recaptcha_v2(site_key, page_url):
    resp = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/in.php", params={
        "key": API_KEY,
        "method": "userrecaptcha",
        "googlekey": site_key,
        "pageurl": page_url
    })
    if not resp.text.startswith("OK|"):
        print(f"Error: {resp.text}", file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

    task_id = resp.text.split("|")[1]
    print(f"Task ID: {task_id}")

    for _ in range(60):
        time.sleep(5)
        result = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/res.php", params={
            "key": API_KEY, "action": "get", "id": task_id
        })
        if result.text == "CAPCHA_NOT_READY":
            print(".", end="", flush=True)
            continue
        if result.text.startswith("OK|"):
            print()
            return result.text.split("|")[1]
        print(f"\nError: {result.text}", file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

    print("\nTimeout", file=sys.stderr)
    sys.exit(1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
        print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <site_key> <page_url>")
        sys.exit(1)
    token = solve_recaptcha_v2(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
    print(token)

Usage:

python solve_recaptcha.py "6Le-wvkS..." "https://example.com/form"

Script 2: Solve Cloudflare Turnstile

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Solve Cloudflare Turnstile and print the token."""
import requests
import time

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

def solve_turnstile(site_key, page_url):
    resp = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/in.php", params={
        "key": API_KEY,
        "method": "turnstile",
        "sitekey": site_key,
        "pageurl": page_url
    })
    task_id = resp.text.split("|")[1]

    for _ in range(60):
        time.sleep(5)
        result = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/res.php", params={
            "key": API_KEY, "action": "get", "id": task_id
        })
        if result.text == "CAPCHA_NOT_READY": continue
        if result.text.startswith("OK|"): return result.text.split("|")[1]
        raise Exception(result.text)
    raise TimeoutError()

token = solve_turnstile("0x4AAAAA...", "https://example.com")
print(token)

Script 3: Solve Image CAPTCHA

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Solve an image CAPTCHA from a file or URL."""
import requests
import base64
import time
import sys

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

def solve_image(image_source):
    # Load image
    if image_source.startswith("http"):
        img_data = requests.get(image_source).content
    else:
        with open(image_source, "rb") as f:
            img_data = f.read()

    img_b64 = base64.b64encode(img_data).decode()

    resp = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/in.php", params={
        "key": API_KEY,
        "method": "base64",
        "body": img_b64
    })
    task_id = resp.text.split("|")[1]

    for _ in range(30):
        time.sleep(5)
        result = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/res.php", params={
            "key": API_KEY, "action": "get", "id": task_id
        })
        if result.text == "CAPCHA_NOT_READY": continue
        if result.text.startswith("OK|"): return result.text.split("|")[1]
        raise Exception(result.text)
    raise TimeoutError()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    text = solve_image(sys.argv[1])
    print(text)

Usage:

python solve_image.py captcha.png
python solve_image.py "https://example.com/captcha.jpg"

Script 4: Batch CAPTCHA Solver

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Solve multiple CAPTCHAs concurrently."""
import requests
import time
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

def solve_one(site_key, page_url):
    resp = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/in.php", params={
        "key": API_KEY, "method": "userrecaptcha",
        "googlekey": site_key, "pageurl": page_url
    })
    task_id = resp.text.split("|")[1]

    for _ in range(60):
        time.sleep(5)
        result = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/res.php", params={
            "key": API_KEY, "action": "get", "id": task_id
        })
        if result.text == "CAPCHA_NOT_READY": continue
        if result.text.startswith("OK|"): return result.text.split("|")[1]
        raise Exception(result.text)
    raise TimeoutError()

def solve_batch(tasks, max_workers=5):
    """
    tasks: list of (site_key, page_url) tuples
    Returns: list of tokens
    """
    results = []
    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_workers) as executor:
        futures = {
            executor.submit(solve_one, sk, url): (sk, url)
            for sk, url in tasks
        }
        for future in as_completed(futures):
            sk, url = futures[future]
            try:
                token = future.result()
                results.append({"url": url, "token": token, "status": "ok"})
            except Exception as e:
                results.append({"url": url, "error": str(e), "status": "failed"})
    return results

# Example
tasks = [
    ("6Le-wvkS...", "https://example.com/page1"),
    ("6Le-wvkS...", "https://example.com/page2"),
    ("6Le-wvkS...", "https://example.com/page3"),
]
results = solve_batch(tasks)
for r in results:
    print(f"{r['url']}: {r['status']}")

Script 5: Node.js Universal Solver

#!/usr/bin/env node
// Solve any CAPTCHA type from the command line
const axios = require("axios");

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

async function solve(params) {
  params.key = API_KEY;
  const submit = await axios.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/in.php", {
    params,
  });
  if (!submit.data.startsWith("OK|")) throw new Error(submit.data);
  const taskId = submit.data.split("|")[1];

  while (true) {
    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000));
    const result = await axios.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/res.php", {
      params: { key: API_KEY, action: "get", id: taskId },
    });
    if (result.data === "CAPCHA_NOT_READY") continue;
    if (result.data.startsWith("OK|")) return result.data.split("|")[1];
    throw new Error(result.data);
  }
}

// Usage examples:
// Solve reCAPTCHA v2
// solve({ method: "userrecaptcha", googlekey: "SITE_KEY", pageurl: "URL" })

// Solve Turnstile
// solve({ method: "turnstile", sitekey: "SITE_KEY", pageurl: "URL" })

module.exports = { solve };

Check Balance Script

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Check CaptchaAI account balance."""
import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

resp = requests.get("https://ocr.captchaai.com/res.php", params={
    "key": API_KEY,
    "action": "getbalance"
})
print(f"Balance: ${resp.text}")

FAQ

Can I use these scripts in production?

Yes. Add error handling and logging for production use. The batch solver script already includes error handling per task.

How do I integrate these into my existing codebase?

Import the solve functions as modules. The scripts are designed as both standalone tools and importable libraries.

What's the cost of running these scripts?

CaptchaAI charges per solve: ~$1/1K for reCAPTCHA, ~$0.50/1K for image CAPTCHAs. Check your balance with the balance script above.

Full Working Code

Complete runnable examples for this article in Python, Node.js, PHP, Go, Java, C#, Ruby, Rust, Kotlin & Bash.

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