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Text Captcha API support

What are "TextCaptcha" challenges?

They`re challenges that typically require the user to answer some questions.

For your convenience, we implemented support for Textcaptcha API. If your software works with it, and supports minimal configuration, you should be able to decode Textcaptchas using Death By Captcha in no time.

  • Textcaptcha API: Provided the question, the API returns the answer that you will use to submit the form in the page with the Textcaptcha challenge.

Pricing

For the time being, price is $2.89/1K Textcaptcha challenges correctly solved. You will not be billed for Text Captcha reported as incorrectly solved. Note that this pricing applies to new Text Captcha challenges only, so only customers using this specific API will be charged said rate.

Text Captcha API FAQ:

What`s the Text Captcha API URL?

To use the Text Captcha API you will have to send a HTTP POST Request to http://api.dbcapi.me/api/captcha

What are the POST parameters for the Text Captcha API?
  • username: Your DBC account username
  • password: Your DBC account password
  • type=11: Type 11 specifies this is a Text Captcha API
  • textcaptcha=: the question that needs to be answered
What`s the response from the Textcaptcha API?

The Textcaptcha API response has the following structure. It will be a string like the following:


"The answer is ..."
      

Using Textcaptcha API with api clients:


    /**
     * Death by Captcha PHP API textcaptcha usage example
     *
     * @package DBCAPI
     * @subpackage PHP
     */

    /**
     * DBC API clients
     */
    require_once '../deathbycaptcha.php';

    $username = "username";  // DBC account username
    $password = "password";  // DBC account password
    $token_from_panel = "your-token-from-panel";  // DBC account authtoken

    // Use DeathByCaptcha_SocketClient() class if you want to use SOCKET API.
    $client = new DeathByCaptcha_HttpClient($username, $password);
    $client->is_verbose = true;

    // To use token the first parameter must be authtoken.
    // $client = new DeathByCaptcha_HttpClient("authtoken", $token_from_panel);

    echo "Your balance is {$client->balance} US cents\n";

    //Put the type and the json payload
    $extra = [
        'type' => 11,
        'textcaptcha' => 'Your textcaptcha',
    ];

    // Put null the first parameter and add the extra payload
    if ($captcha = $client->decode(null, $extra)) {
        echo "CAPTCHA {$captcha['captcha']} uploaded\n";

        sleep(DeathByCaptcha_Client::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);

        // Poll for CAPTCHA indexes:
        if ($text = $client->get_text($captcha['captcha'])) {
            echo "CAPTCHA {$captcha['captcha']} solved: {$text}\n";

            // Report an incorrectly solved CAPTCHA.
            // Make sure the CAPTCHA was in fact incorrectly solved!
            //$client->report($captcha['captcha']);
        }
    }
        

    # textcaptcha
    import deathbycaptcha
    import json

    # Put your DBC account username and password here.
    username = "username"
    password = "password"

    # you can use authtoken instead of user/password combination
    # activate and get the authtoken from DBC users panel
    authtoken = "authtoken"

    # to use socket client
    # client = deathbycaptcha.SocketClient(username, password)

    # to use authtoken
    # client = deathbycaptcha.SocketClient(username, password, authtoken)

    client = deathbycaptcha.HttpClient(username, password)

    try:
        balance = client.get_balance()
        print(balance)

        # Put your CAPTCHA type and Json payload here:
        captcha = client.decode(type=11, textcaptcha='Your question')
        if captcha:
            # The CAPTCHA was solved; captcha["captcha"] item holds its
            # numeric ID, and captcha["text"] its text token solution.
            print("CAPTCHA %s solved: %s" % (captcha["captcha"], captcha["text"]))

            if '':  # check if the CAPTCHA was incorrectly solved
                client.report(captcha["captcha"])

    except deathbycaptcha.AccessDeniedException:
        # Access to DBC API denied, check your credentials and/or balance
        print("error: Access to DBC API denied, check your credentials and/or balance")

        

    import com.DeathByCaptcha.AccessDeniedException;
    import com.DeathByCaptcha.Client;
    import com.DeathByCaptcha.HttpClient;
    import com.DeathByCaptcha.SocketClient;
    import com.DeathByCaptcha.Captcha;
    import org.json.JSONObject;

    import java.io.IOException;

    class ExampleTextcaptcha {
        public static void main(String[] args)
                throws Exception {

            // Put your DBC username & password or authtoken here:
            String username = "your_username_here";
            String password = "your_password_here";
            String authtoken = "your_authtoken_here";

            /* Death By Captcha Socket Client
               Client client = (Client) (new SocketClient(username, password));
               Death By Captcha http Client */
            Client client = (Client) (new HttpClient(username, password));
            client.isVerbose = true;

            /* Using authtoken
               Client client = (Client) new HttpClient(authtoken); */

            try {
                try {
                    System.out.println("Your balance is " + client.getBalance() + " US cents");
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    System.out.println("Failed fetching balance: " + e.toString());
                    return;
                }

                Captcha captcha = null;
                try {
                    // Textcaptcha data
                    String textcaptcha = "Your question";
                    /* Upload a Textcaptcha and poll for its status with 120 seconds timeout.
                       Put solving timeout (in seconds) 0 or nothing for the default timeout value. */
                    captcha = client.decode(11, textcaptcha, 0);

                } catch (IOException e) {
                    System.out.println("Failed uploading CAPTCHA");
                    return;
                }
                if (null != captcha) {
                    System.out.println("CAPTCHA " + captcha.id + " solved: " + captcha.text);

                    /* Report incorrectly solved CAPTCHA if necessary.
                       Make sure you've checked if the CAPTCHA was in fact incorrectly
                       solved, or else you might get banned as abuser. */
                    /*try {
                        if (client.report(captcha)) {
                            System.out.println("Reported as incorrectly solved");
                        } else {
                            System.out.println("Failed reporting incorrectly solved CAPTCHA");
                        }
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        System.out.println("Failed reporting incorrectly solved CAPTCHA: " + e.toString());
                    }*/
                } else {
                    System.out.println("Failed solving CAPTCHA");
                }
            } catch (com.DeathByCaptcha.Exception e) {
                System.out.println(e);
            }


        }
    }
        

    // textcaptcha

    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using DeathByCaptcha;

    namespace DBC_Examples.examples
    {
        public class TextcaptchaExample
        {
            public void Main()
            {
                // Put your DeathByCaptcha account username and password here.
                string username = "your username";
                string password = "your password";
                // string token_from_panel = "your-token-from-panel";

                /* Death By Captcha Socket Client
                   Client client = (Client) new SocketClient(username, password);
                   Death By Captcha http Client */
                Client client = (Client) new HttpClient(username, password);

                /* To use token authentication the first parameter must be "authtoken".
                Client client = (Client) new HttpClient("authtoken", token_from_panel); */

                try
                {
                    double balance = client.GetBalance();

                    /* Upload a CAPTCHA and poll for its status. Put the hCaptcha
                       Json payload, CAPTCHA type and desired solving timeout (in seconds)
                       here. If solved, you'll receive a DeathByCaptcha.Captcha object. */
                    Captcha captcha = client.Decode(Client.DefaultTimeout,
                        new Hashtable()
                        {
                            {"type", 11},
                            {"textcaptcha", "Your question"}
                        });

                    if (null != captcha)
                    {
                        /* The CAPTCHA was solved; captcha.Id property holds
                        its numeric ID, and captcha.Text holds its text. */
                        Console.WriteLine("CAPTCHA {0} solved: {1}", captcha.Id,
                            captcha.Text);

    //                  if ( /* check if the CAPTCHA was incorrectly solved */)
    //                  {
    //                      client.Report(captcha);
    //                  }
                    }
                }
                catch (AccessDeniedException e)
                {
                    /* Access to DBC API denied, check your credentials and/or balance */
                    Console.WriteLine("<<< catch : " + e.ToString());
                }
            }
        }
    }
        

    Imports DeathByCaptcha

    Public Class Textcaptcha
        Sub Main(args As String())

            ' Put your DBC username & password or authtoken here:
            Dim username = "username"
            Dim password = "password"
            Dim token_from_panel = "your-token-from-panel"

            ' DBC Socket API client
            ' Dim client As New SocketClient(username, password)
            ' DBC HTTP API client
            Dim client As New HttpClient(username, password)

            ' To use token auth the first parameter must be "authtoken"
            ' Dim client As New HttpClient("authtoken", token_from_panel)

            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Your balance is {0,2:f} US cents",
                                            client.Balance))

            ' Create the payload with the type and the extra data
            Dim extraData As New Hashtable()
            extraData.Add("type", 11)
            extraData.Add("textcaptcha", "Your question")

            ' Upload a CAPTCHA and poll for its status.  Put the TextCaptcha
            ' , CAPTCHA type and desired solving timeout (in seconds)
            ' here. If solved, you'll receive a DeathByCaptcha.Captcha object.
            Dim captcha As Captcha = client.Decode(DeathByCaptcha.Client.DefaultTimeout, extraData)
            If captcha IsNot Nothing Then
                Console.WriteLine(String.Format("CAPTCHA {0:d} solved: {1}", captcha.Id,
                                                captcha.Text))

                ' Report an incorrectly solved CAPTCHA.
                ' Make sure the CAPTCHA was in fact incorrectly solved, do not
                ' just report it at random, or you might be banned as abuser.
                ' If client.Report(captcha) Then
                '    Console.WriteLine("Reported as incorrectly solved")
                ' Else
                '    Console.WriteLine("Failed reporting as incorrectly solved")
                ' End If
            End If
        End Sub
    End        

    /*
    * Death by Captcha Node.js API Textcaptcha usage example
    */

    const dbc = require('../deathbycaptcha');

    const username = 'username';     // DBC account username
    const password = 'password';     // DBC account password
    const token_from_panel = 'your-token-from-panel';   // DBC account authtoken

    // Death By Captcha Socket Client
    // const client = new dbc.SocketClient(username, password);
    // Death By Captcha http Client
    const client = new dbc.HttpClient(username, password);

    // To use token authentication the first parameter must be "authtoken"
    // const client = new dbc.HttpClient("authtoken", token_from_panel);

    // Get user balance
    client.get_balance((balance) => {
        console.log(balance);
    });

    // Solve captcha with type 11 & textcaptcha extra arguments
    client.decode({extra: {type: 11, textcaptcha: 'Your question'}}, (captcha) => {

        if (captcha) {
            console.log('Captcha ' + captcha['captcha'] + ' solved: ' + captcha['text']);

            /*
            * Report an incorrectly solved CAPTCHA.
            * Make sure the CAPTCHA was in fact incorrectly solved!
            * client.report(captcha['captcha'], (result) => {
            *   console.log('Report status: ' + result);
            * });
            */
        }

    });        

Status: OK

Servers are fully operational with faster than average response time.
  • Average solving time
  • 1 seconds - Normal CAPTCHAs (1 min. ago)
  • 23 seconds - reCAPTCHA V2, V3, etc (1 min. ago)
  • 31 seconds - hCAPTCHA & others (1 min. ago)
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