Auto-Captcha

Auto-detect and solve captchas during Playwright browser automation using the NopeCHA API.

When to Use

• Browser automation hits a captcha wall
• Web scraping tasks need captcha bypass
• Automated testing against captcha-protected sites
• Any Playwright script that might encounter hCaptcha or reCAPTCHA v2

Prerequisites

• NOPECHA_API_KEY env var set (get free credits at https://nopecha.com)
• Python requests and playwright installed
• Playwright browser installed (python -m playwright install chromium)

Quick Start

from auto_captcha_solver import CaptchaSolver

solver = CaptchaSolver(api_key="your-key")

# Auto-detect + solve + inject (one-liner)
results = solver.auto_solve(page)

Full API

Detect

captchas = solver.detect(page)
# Returns: [{"type": "hcaptcha"|"recaptcha2", "sitekey": "...", "url": "...", "frame": ...}]

Solve

result = solver.solve("hcaptcha", sitekey, page_url)
# Returns: CaptchaResult(success=True, token="...", attempts=5, elapsed_sec=38.0)

Inject

solver.inject(page, "hcaptcha", token)
# Injects token into page's captcha callback

Auto (detect + solve + inject)

results = solver.auto_solve(page)
for r in results:
    print(f"{r.captcha_type}: {'OK' if r.success else r.error}")

SmartPage (transparent wrapper)

from auto_captcha_solver import smart_page

with smart_page(api_key="your-key") as page:
    page.goto("https://protected-site.com")
    page.fill("#email", "[email protected]")
    page.click("#submit")   # captcha auto-solved after each action

Supported Captcha Types

NopeCHA API Details

• Base URL: https://api.nopecha.com
• Auth: Authorization: Basic <API_KEY> header (NOT query param, NOT Bearer)
• Status check: GET /v1/status
• Submit hCaptcha: POST /v1/token/hcaptcha body {"sitekey": "...", "url": "..."}
• Submit reCAPTCHA: POST /v1/token/recaptcha2 body {"sitekey": "...", "url": "..."}
• Poll result: GET /v1/token/<type>?id=<job_id>
• Response: {"data": "<token>"} on success, {"error": 14} = still in queue (retryable), other errors = fail
• hCaptcha solves fast (~30-40s). reCAPTCHA queue is often slow (60-120s+).

Pitfalls

• reCAPTCHA queues can be slow — may take 60-120+ seconds during peak times
• hCaptcha iframe detection — look for hcaptcha.com in frame URLs; some sites load hCaptcha without an iframe (use DOM fallback: document.querySelector('[data-sitekey]')). Always add time.sleep(3) after page load for lazy loading.
• reCAPTCHA iframe detection — look for recaptcha AND /anchor in frame URL; the ?k=<sitekey> param has the key
• reCAPTCHA callback injection — needs ___grecaptcha_cfg to exist; if site uses enterprise, injection may fail silently
• Credits — each solve costs 1 credit; check with solver.get_credits()
• Headless detection — some sites detect headless browsers; use headless=False or stealth plugins if needed

Installation

pip install auto-captcha-solver
python -m playwright install chromium

MCP Server

Works with Claude Code, OpenClaw, and any MCP-compatible agent:

claude mcp add auto-captcha-solver -- python -m auto_captcha_solver.mcp_server

File Location

~/.hermes/skills/auto-captcha-solver/