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How to Solve CAPTCHA While Web Scraping in 2025

How to Solve CAPTCHA While Web Scraping in 2025

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Rajinder Singh

Deep Learning Researcher

23-Jan-2025

Why CAPTCHAs Still Haunt Us in 2025

(Written by Someone Who’s Clicked 10,000 Traffic Lights So You Don’t Have To)
Websites got smarter. CAPTCHAs now analyze everything:

  • Your mouse movements.
  • Your browser fingerprint.
  • How fast you solve puzzles (robots are too efficient).
    browser fingerprint
    But don’t worry – Capsolver’s API and extension evolved too.

Meet Your New Best Friend: Capsolver

Choose Your Solution:

  • API: For coders who want total control.
  • Extension: For humans who want to click “solve” and sip coffee.
    Supported CAPTCHAs:
    ✅ reCAPTCHA v2/v3
    ✅ Cloudflare Turnstile
    ✅ hCaptcha
    ✅ AWS WAF
    ✅ Text-based CAPTCHAs

Method 1: Using Capsolver’s API (For Coders)

Step 1: Get Your API Key

  1. Sign up at Capsolver.
  2. Grab your clientKey from the dashboard.

Step 2: Solve reCAPTCHA in 3 API Calls

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# Submit task  
POST https://api.capsolver.com/createTask  
{  
  "clientKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",  
  "task": {  
    "type": "ReCaptchaV2TaskProxyless",  
    "websiteURL": "https://example.com",  
    "websiteKey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-"  
  }  
}  

# Get result (repeat until "status": "ready")  
POST https://api.capsolver.com/getTaskResult  
{  
  "clientKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",  
  "taskId": "61138bb6-19fb-11ec-a9c8-0242ac110006"  
}  

# Use the token (gRecaptchaResponse) in your scraper!  

Method 2: The Magic Browser Extension

For Normal Humans:

For Automation Wizards:

  1. Download from GitHub:
  2. Modify config.js:
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    {  
      // Your API key from Capsolver  
      apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",  
    
      // Toggle CAPTCHA types  
      enabledForRecaptcha: true,  
      enabledForCloudflare: true,  
      enabledForAWS: true,  
      enabledForTextCaptcha: true  
    }  
  3. Load into Puppeteer/Playwright:
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    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({  
      args: ['--load-extension=./capsolver-extension']  
    });  

Config.js: The Secret Sauce

Critical Settings:

  • enabledForCloudflare: true: For Turnstile CAPTCHAs.
  • enabledForRecaptcha: true: Google’s classic.
  • enabledForAWS: true: Amazon’s sneaky CAPTCHAs.
  • enabledForTextCaptcha: true: Old-school “type these letters” puzzles.

Pro Tip: Enable all if you’re not sure which CAPTCHA a site uses.


Real-World Code Examples

Python Scraper with Capsolver API:

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import requests  

def solve_recaptcha():  
    task_url = "https://api.capsolver.com/createTask"  
    task_data = {  
        "clientKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",  
        "task": {  
            "type": "ReCaptchaV2TaskProxyless",  
            "websiteURL": "https://example.com",  
            "websiteKey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-"  
        }  
    }  
    response = requests.post(task_url, json=task_data).json()  
    task_id = response["taskId"]  

    # Poll for result  
    while True:  
        result = requests.post("https://api.capsolver.com/getTaskResult", json={"clientKey": "YOUR_API_KEY", "taskId": task_id}).json()  
        if result["status"] == "ready":  
            return result["solution"]["gRecaptchaResponse"]  

“Why Isn’t This Working?!” Troubleshooting Guide

  • Problem: “No CAPTCHAs are being solved!”
    • Fix: Check config.js – did you enable the right CAPTCHA type?
  • Problem: “API returns ‘invalid API key’!”
  • Problem: “Cloudflare still blocks me!”
    • Fix: Rotate proxies, rotate fingerprints + slow down your scraper.

Happy scraping – and may the CAPTCHAs be ever in your favor! 😎

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