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New Geetest API support

What are "Geetest" challenges?

They`re challenges that typically require the user to align and click on certain images.

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

  • Geetest API: Provided a site url and Geetest site key, the API returns a token that you will use to submit the form in the page with the Geetest challenge.

Pricing

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

Geetest API FAQ:

What`s the Geetest API URL?

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

What are the POST parameters for the Geetest v3 API?

  • username: Your DBC account username
  • password: Your DBC account password
  • type=8: Type 8 specifies this is a Geetest API
  • geetest_params=json(payload): the data to access the geetest challenge
  • json payload structure:
    • proxy: your proxy url and credentials (if any).Examples:
    • proxytype: your proxy connection protocol. For supported proxy types refer to Which proxy types are supported?. Example:
      • HTTP
    • gt: Value of gt parameter you found on target website.

      Example:

      • 022397c99c9f646f6477822485f30404
    • challenge: Value of challenge parameter you found on target website.

      Example:

      • 38c0168576e204c23a4863a16202cac9
    • pageurl: the url of the page with the Geetest challenges. This url has to include the path in which the Geetest is loaded. Example: if the Geetest you want to solve is in http://test.com/path1, pageurl has to be http://test.com/path1 and not http://test.com.

    Note: if proxy is provided, proxytype is a required parameter.

    Full example of geetest_params:

    
    {
      "proxy": "http://user:[email protected]:1234",
      "proxytype": "HTTP",
      "gt": "022397c99c9f646f6477822485f30404",
      "challenge": "4c95da9e91b49a980a3b79cd7506f12b",
      "pageurl": "https://testsite.com/xxx-test"
    }
                

What are the POST parameters for the Geetest v4 API?

  • username: Your DBC account username
  • password: Your DBC account password
  • type=9: Type 9 specifies this is a Geetest API
  • geetest_params=json(payload): the data to access the geetest challenge
  • json payload structure:
    • proxy: your proxy url and credentials (if any).Examples:
    • proxytype: your proxy connection protocol. For supported proxy types refer to Which proxy types are supported?. Example:
      • HTTP
    • captcha_id: Value of captcha_id parameter you found on target website.

      Example:

      • fcd636b4514bf7ac4143922550b3008b
    • pageurl: the url of the page with the Geetest challenges. This url has to include the path in which the Geetest is loaded. Example: if the Geetest you want to solve is in http://test.com/path1, pageurl has to be http://test.com/path1 and not http://test.com.

    Full example of geetest_params:

    
    {
      "proxy": "http://user:[email protected]:1234",
      "proxytype": "HTTP",
      "captcha_id": "fcd636b4514bf7ac4143922550b3008b",
      "pageurl": "https://testsite.com/xxx-test"
    }
                

What`s the response from the Geetest v3 API?

    The Geetest API response has the following structure. It`s valid for one use and has a 2 minute lifespan. It will be a string like the following:
                  
    {
      "challenge": "4c95da9e91b49a980a3b79cd7506f12b",
      "validate": "6496091eb0fb5a83fef98829d034128b",
      "seccode": "6496091eb0fb5a83fef98829d034128b|jordan"
    }
                  
                

What`s the response from the Geetest v4 API?

    The Geetest API response has the following structure. It`s valid for one use and has a 2 minute lifespan. It will be a string like the following:
                    
    {
      "captcha_id": "fcd636b4514bf7ac4143922550b3008b",
      "lot_number": "42c9b8b653c04049b3315cc1df8bf474",
      "pass_token": "c77f93d1cd1e634a67d1c67bdccf8b5501bfba9858cbc102138fa60b2c532f51",
      "gen_time": "1666447340",
      "captcha_output": "[base64_encoded_output]"
    }
                    
                  

Which proxy types are supported?

    Currently, only HTTP proxies are supported. Support for other types will be added in the future.

Using Geetest API with api clients:


/**
 * Death by Captcha PHP API geetest 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";
// Set the proxy and geetest token data
$data = array(
    'proxy' => 'http://user:[email protected]:1234',
    'proxytype' => 'HTTP',
    'gt' => '022397c99c9f646f6477822485f30404',
    'challenge' => '9c64a44a374e6327bcf2cab4e55839e2',
    'pageurl' => 'https://www.captcha.com/en/demo'
);
//Create a json string
$json = json_encode($data);

//Put the type and the json payload
$extra = [
    'type' => 8,
    'geetest_params' => $json,
];

// 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 {$captcha['captcha']} solved: ".json_encode($text)."\n";

        // // To access the response by item
        // echo "challenge: {$text['challenge']}\n";
        // echo "validate: {$text['validate']}\n";
        // echo "seccode: {$text['seccode']}\n";

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


        

         # Death by Captcha Python API geetest usage example

          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"
          # Put the proxy and geetest data
          Captcha_dict = {
              'proxy': 'http://user:[email protected]:1234',
              'proxytype': 'HTTP',
              'captcha_id': 'fcd636b4514bf7ac4143922550b3008b',
              'pageurl': 'https://testsite.com/xxx-test'}

          # Create a json string
          json_Captcha = json.dumps(Captcha_dict)

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

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

              # Put your CAPTCHA type and Json payload here:
              captcha = client.decode(type=9, geetest_params=json_Captcha)
              if captcha:
                  # The CAPTCHA was solved; captcha["captcha"] item holds its
                  # numeric ID, and captcha["text"] item its list of "coordinates".
                  print ("CAPTCHA %s solved: %s" % (captcha["captcha"], captcha["text"]))

                  # # To access the response by item
                  # print ("captcha_id:", captcha["text"]["captcha_id"])
                  # print ("lot_number:", captcha["text"]["lot_number"])
                  # print ("pass_token:", captcha["text"]["pass_token"])
                  # print ("gen_time:", captcha["text"]["gen_time"])
                  # print ("captcha_output:", captcha["text"]["captcha_output"])

                  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")

        

package examples;

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 ExampleGeetestV3 {
    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 {
                // Proxy and geetest data
                String proxy = "";
                String proxytype = "";
                String gt = "022397c99c9f646f6477822485f30404";
                String challenge = "514a40a580d49a00274cd1523a045f92";
                String pageurl = "https://www.captcha.com/en/demo";

                // IMPORTANT: challenge parameter changes everytime
                // target site realoads the page
                // in this case we can see parameters here
                // https://www.captcha.com/demo/gt/register-enFullpage-official?t=1664547919370
                // just in this case, every site is different
                // we must examine the api calls to geetest to get the challenge

                /* Upload a geetest and poll for its status with 120 seconds timeout.
                   Put your proxy, proxy type, page sitekey, page url and solving timeout (in seconds)
                   0 or nothing for the default timeout value. */

                JSONObject json_params = new JSONObject();
                json_params.put("proxy", proxy);
                json_params.put("proxytype", proxytype);
                json_params.put("gt", gt);
                json_params.put("challenge", challenge);
                json_params.put("pageurl", pageurl);

                captcha = client.decode(8, json_params);

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

                // // To access the response by item
                // JSONObject text = new JSONObject(captcha.text);
                // System.out.println("challenge: " + text.get("challenge"));
                // System.out.println("validate: " + text.get("validate"));
                // System.out.println("seccode: " + text.get("seccode"));

                /* 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);
        }
    }
}

        

// geetest

using System;
using System.Collections;
using DeathByCaptcha;

namespace DeathByCaptcha
{
    public class GeetestV3Example
    {
        static public void Main(string[] argv)
        {
            // Put your DeathByCaptcha account username and password here.
            string username = "username";
            string password = "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); */

            // Put your Proxy credentials and type here
            // string proxy = "http://user:[email protected]:1234";
            // string proxyType = "HTTP";
            string proxy = "";
            string proxyType = "";
            string gt = "022397c99c9f646f6477822485f30404";
            string challenge = "e90f426feadd58cddcac818444f48a93";
            string pageurl = "https://www.captcha.com/en/demo";

            // IMPORTANT: challenge parameter changes everytime
            // target site realoads the page
            // in this case we can see parameters here
            // https://www.captcha.com/demo/gt/register-enFullpage-official?t=1664547919370
            // just in this case, every site is different
            // we must examine the api calls to geetest to get the challenge

            string geetestParams = "{\"proxy\": \"" + proxy + "\"," +
                                    "\"proxytype\": \"" + proxyType + "\"," +
                                    "\"gt\": \"" + gt + "\"," +
                                    "\"challenge\": \"" + challenge + "\"," +
                                    "\"pageurl\": \"" + pageurl + "\"}";
            try
            {
                double balance = client.GetBalance();

                /* Upload a CAPTCHA and poll for its status. Put the geetest
                   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", 8},
                        {"geetest_params", geetestParams}
                    });

                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);

                    // // To access the response by item
                    // Hashtable text = (Hashtable) SimpleJson.Reader.Read(captcha.Text);
                    // Console.WriteLine("challenge: {0}", text["challenge"]);
                    // Console.WriteLine("validate: {0}", text["validate"]);
                    // Console.WriteLine("seccode: {0}", text["seccode"]);

//                  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 System
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Collections

Imports DeathByCaptcha

Public Class GeetestV3
    Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

        ' Put your DBC username & password or authtoken here:
        Dim username as String = "username"
        Dim password as String = "password"
        Dim token_from_panel as String = "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) 

        ' Proxy and geetest data
        Dim proxy as String = "http://user:[email protected]:1234"
        Dim proxyType as String = "HTTP"
        Dim gt as String = "81388ea1fc187e0c335c0a8907ff2625"
        Dim challenge as String = "4fef47032d12b23005dd41a02873fbee"
        Dim pageurl as String = "https://www.captcha.com/en/adaptive-captcha-demo"

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

        ' Create a JSON with the extra data
        Dim geetestParams as String = "{""proxy"": """ + proxy + """," +
                             """proxytype"": """ + proxyType + """," +
                             """gt"": """ + gt + """," +
                             """challenge"": """ + challenge + """," +
                             """pageurl"": """ + pageurl + """}"

        ' Create the payload with the type and the extra data
        Dim extraData As New Hashtable()
        extraData.Add("type", 8)
        extraData.Add("geetest_params", geetestParams)

        ' Upload a CAPTCHA and poll for its status.  Put the geetest
        ' Json payload, 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 Class

        

/*
* Death by Captcha Node.js API geetest 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

// Proxy and geetest token data
const geetest_params = JSON.stringify({
    'proxy': 'http://username:[email protected]:3128',
    'proxytype': 'HTTP',
    'gt': '022397c99c9f646f6477822485f30404',
    'challenge': '7bb6d65c31c09f1aec5fe08d08ce44f7',
    'pageurl': 'https://www.captcha.com/en/demo'
});

// 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 9 & token_params extra arguments
client.decode({extra: {type: 8, geetest_params: geetest_params}}, (captcha) => {

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

        // // To access the response by item
        // console.log('challenge:', captcha['text']['challenge'])
        // console.log('validate:', captcha['text']['validate'])
        // console.log('seccode:', captcha['text']['seccode'])

        /*
        * 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
  • 4 seconds - Normal CAPTCHAs (1 min. ago)
  • 44 seconds - reCAPTCHA V2, V3, etc (1 min. ago)
  • 20 seconds - others (1 min. ago)
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Updates

  1. Nov 14: RESOLVED - Today we experienced API instability between 18:00hrs & 19:00hrs (GMT-4). The main issue was resolved, so CAPTCHA solving is working as usual, however, there might be some stats anomalies that will shortly be fixed. In the meantime, if you need assistance, contact us at https://deathbycaptcha.com/contact and we'll gladly assist you. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.
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