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Node TwoCaptcha

Node TwoCaptcha is a Javascript package for 2Captcha - 2Captcha.com.

Installation

Just run:

npm install node_two_captcha

JSDoc documentation can be found at https://infosimples.github.io/node_two_captcha/

Usage

1. Create a client

// Import module
const Client = require('node_two_captcha');

// Declare your client
client = new Client('your_2captcha_key', {
                    timeout: 60000,
                    polling: 5000,
                    throwErrors: false});

The first parameter of the TwoCaptchaClient constructor is your API key from 2Captcha. The other parameters are:

timeout: Time (milliseconds) to wait before giving up on waiting for a captcha solution.
polling: Time (milliseconds) between polls to 2captcha server. 2Captcha documentation suggests this time to be at least 5 seconds, or you might get blocked.
throwErrors: Whether the client should throw errors or just log the errors.

2. Solve a captcha

Image captcha

client.decode({
  url: 'http://bit.ly/1xXZcKo'
}).then(function(response) {
  console.log(response.text);
});

> infosimples

decode is an async function. Valid parameters for decode function are:

base64: An already base64-coded image.
buffer: A buffer object of a binary image.
path: The path for a system-stored image.
url: Url for a web-located image.

The returned value will be a Captcha object. Its properties are:

apiResponse: Complete API response body for captcha request.
id: Captcha ID, as provided from 2Captcha.
text: Text from captcha.
coordinates(): If the captcha sent was a image, this function returns the coordinates (X, Y) clicked.
indexes(): If the captcha sent was tile-like, this function returns the indexes of the clicks on an array.

ReCaptcha v2

client.decodeRecaptchaV2({
  googlekey: 'the_key_extracted from the page',
  pageurl: 'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo'
}).then(function(response) {
  console.log(response.text);
});

>jTfh3o9uqafa-u5RtYofHHo2uDk0T78f78HvttFGYft8pG3wuhd-UHAIy271bQXPeUNRm...

decodeRecaptchaV2 is an async function. The parameters for decodeRecaptchaV2 function are:

googlekey: The google key for the ReCaptcha.
pageurl: The URL where the ReCaptcha is.

3. Retrieve a previously solved captcha

// 61086191138 is the ID of a previously sent Captcha
client.captcha('61086191138').then(function(response){
  console.log(response);
});

> Captcha {
   _id: '61086191138',
   _apiResponse: 'OK|infosimples',
   _text: 'infosimples' }

4. Report incorrectly solved captcha for refund

client.report('61086191138').then(function(response) {
  console.log(response);
});

// Returns whether the report was received or not
> true

Warning: do not abuse on this method, otherwise you may get banned

5. Get usage statistics for a specific date

let date = new Date('2019-02-04');
client.stats(date).then(function(response) {
  console.log(response);
});

// Returns an XML string with your usage statistics
> <?xml version="1.0"?><response><stats dateint="1549227600" date="2019-02-04" hour="00"><volume>0</volume><money>0</money></stats><stats dateint="1549231200" date="2019-02-04" hour="01"><volume>0</volume><money>0</money></stats>...

6. Get your 2Captcha account balance

client.balance().then(function(response) {
  console.log(response);
});

// Returns a float with your account balance in USD
> 3.75371

Usage no npm install needed!