@extra/recaptcha v4.2.1

CAPTCHAFORUM · Jul 22, 2021

A plugin for playwright-extra & puppeteer-extra to solve reCAPTCHAs and hCaptchas automatically.

Install

Code:

yarn add @extra/recaptcha
# - or -
npm install @extra/recaptcha

Usage
The plugin essentially provides a mighty page.solveRecaptchas() method that does everything needed automagically.

Playwright
If this is your first playwright-extra plugin here's everything you need:

Code:

yarn add playwright playwright-extra @extra/recaptcha
# - or -
npm install playwright playwright-extra @extra/recaptcha

Code:

// playwright-extra is a drop-in replacement for playwright,
// it augments the installed playwright with plugin functionality
// Note: Instead of chromium you can use firefox and webkit as well.
const { chromium } = require('playwright-extra')

// add recaptcha plugin and provide it your 2captcha token (= their apiKey)
// Please note: You need to add funds to your 2captcha account for this to work
const RecaptchaPlugin = require('@extra/recaptcha')
const RecaptchaOptions = {
  visualFeedback: true, // colorize reCAPTCHAs (violet = detected, green = solved)
  provider: {
    id: '2captcha',
    token: 'XXXXXXX', // REPLACE THIS WITH YOUR OWN 2CAPTCHA API KEY ⚡
  },
}
chromium.use(RecaptchaPlugin(RecaptchaOptions))

// playwright usage as normal
chromium.launch({ headless: true }).then(async (browser) => {
  const page = await browser.newPage()
  await page.goto('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo')

  // That's it, a single line of code to solve reCAPTCHAs 🎉
  await page.solveRecaptchas()

  await Promise.all([
    page.waitForNavigation(),
    page.click(`#recaptcha-demo-submit`),
  ])
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'response.png', fullPage: true })
  await browser.close()
})

Puppeteer
If this is your first puppeteer-extra plugin here's everything you need:

Code:

yarn add puppeteer puppeteer-extra @extra/recaptcha
# - or -
npm install puppeteer puppeteer-extra @extra/recaptcha

Code:

// puppeteer-extra is a drop-in replacement for puppeteer,
// it augments the installed puppeteer with plugin functionality
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-extra')

// add recaptcha plugin and provide it your 2captcha token (= their apiKey)
// 2captcha is the builtin solution provider but others would work as well.
// Please note: You need to add funds to your 2captcha account for this to work
const RecaptchaPlugin = require('@extra/recaptcha')
puppeteer.use(
  RecaptchaPlugin({
    provider: {
      id: '2captcha',
      token: 'XXXXXXX', // REPLACE THIS WITH YOUR OWN 2CAPTCHA API KEY ⚡
    },
    visualFeedback: true, // colorize reCAPTCHAs (violet = detected, green = solved)
  })
)

// puppeteer usage as normal
puppeteer.launch({ headless: true }).then(async (browser) => {
  const page = await browser.newPage()
  await page.goto('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo')

  // That's it, a single line of code to solve reCAPTCHAs 🎉
  await page.solveRecaptchas()

  await Promise.all([
    page.waitForNavigation(),
    page.click(`#recaptcha-demo-submit`),
  ])
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'response.png', fullPage: true })
  await browser.close()
})

Code:

// The recaptcha plugin is written in TS,
// hence you get perfect type support out of the box :)

import puppeteer from 'puppeteer-extra'
import RecaptchaPlugin from 'puppeteer-extra-plugin-recaptcha'

puppeteer.use(
  RecaptchaPlugin({
    provider: {
      id: '2captcha',
      token: 'ENTER_YOUR_2CAPTCHA_API_KEY_HERE',
    },
  })
)

// Puppeteer usage as normal (headless is "false" just for this demo)
puppeteer.launch({ headless: false }).then(async (browser) => {
  const page = await browser.newPage()
  await page.goto('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo')

  // Even this `Puppeteer.Page` extension is recognized and fully type safe 🎉
  await page.solveRecaptchas()

  await Promise.all([
    page.waitForNavigation(),
    page.click(`#recaptcha-demo-submit`),
  ])
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'response.png', fullPage: true })
  await browser.close()
})

Motivation
These days captchas are unfortunately everywhere, with reCAPTCHA having the biggest "market share" in that space (> 80%) and hCaptcha being a fast growing contender. The situation got really bad, with privacy minded users (tracking blocker, VPNs) being penalized heavily and having to solve a lot of reCAPTCHA challenges constantly while browsing the web.

The stated reasons for this omnipresent captcha plague vary from site owners having to protect themselves against increasingly malicious actors to some believing that we're essentially forced into free labour to train Google's various machine learning endeavours.

In any case I strongly feel that captchas in their current form have failed. They're a much bigger obstacle and annoyance to humans than to robots, which renders them useless. My anarchist contribution to this discussion is to demonstrate this absurdity, with a plugin for robots with which a single line of code is all it takes to bypass reCAPTCHAs on any site.

Provider
I thought about having the plugin solve captchas directly (e.g. using the audio challenge and speech-to-text APIs), but external solution providers are so cheap and reliable that there is really no benefit in doing that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Please note: You need a provider configured for this plugin to do it's magic. If you decide to use the built-in 2captcha provider you need to add funds to your 2captcha account.

2captcha
Currently the only builtin solution provider as it's the cheapest and most reliable, from my experience. If you'd like to throw some free captcha credit my way feel free to signup here (referral link, allows me to write automated tests against their API).

Cost: 1000 reCAPTCHAs (and hCaptchas) for 3 USD
Delay: Solving a captcha takes between 10 to 60 seconds
Error rate (incorrect solutions): Very rare

Documentation https://npm.io/package/@extra/recaptcha

@extra/recaptcha v4.2.1

CAPTCHAFORUM

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