# CaptchaNo Captcha Solver — reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, DataDome (`dishistech/captchano-captcha-solver`) Actor

Solve reCAPTCHA v2, v3 and Enterprise, Cloudflare Turnstile, DataDome and image captchas from any Actor or the Apify API. Batch solving with bounded concurrency, retries and a spend cap. Bring your own CaptchaNo API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dishistech/captchano-captcha-solver.md
- **Developed by:** [Dishant Singh](https://apify.com/dishistech) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## CaptchaNo Captcha Solver — reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, DataDome

Solve **reCAPTCHA v2**, **reCAPTCHA v3**, **reCAPTCHA Enterprise**, **Cloudflare Turnstile**, **DataDome** and **image captchas** from any Apify Actor, scraper or workflow. Give it one task or a batch of thousands; it solves them in parallel on CaptchaNo's own solving infrastructure and writes each token, cookie or answer to the dataset.

- **Batch solving** with configurable concurrency (1–50 tasks in parallel)
- **Budget cap**: stop submitting new tasks once your spend reaches a set amount
- **Automatic retries** on rate limits and temporary capacity limits (exponential backoff, max 3)
- **Long solves handled**: blocks up to 120 s per request, then polls every 5 s for up to 180 s more
- **Failed solves are never billed** by CaptchaNo
- **Secrets stay secret**: the API key is an encrypted input and is never logged or stored; proxy credentials are masked in logs and output
- Ships a small typed **TypeScript client** (`src/client.ts`) you can copy into your own Actors

### What you need

A CaptchaNo API key (starts with `cn-`). Create one at [captchano.com](https://captchano.com). API reference: [captchano.com/captcha-solver-api](https://captchano.com/captcha-solver-api).

### Supported captcha types

| `type` | Required fields | Optional fields | Solution field |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `recaptcha_v2` | `url`, `sitekey` | `invisible`, `userAgent`, `proxy` | `token` |
| `recaptcha_v3` | `url`, `sitekey` | `action`, `minScore` (0.1–0.9), `userAgent`, `proxy` | `token` |
| `recaptcha_enterprise` | `url`, `sitekey` | `action`, `minScore`, `invisible`, `userAgent`, `proxy` | `token` |
| `turnstile` | `url`, `sitekey` | `action`, `cData`, `pageData`, `userAgent`, `proxy` | `token` |
| `datadome` | `url`, `challengeUrl`, `proxy` | `userAgent` | `cookie` |
| `image` | `body` (base64 image) | — | `text` |

`proxy` is a string such as `http://user:pass@host:port` (http, socks4 or socks5) or an object.

### Input

Batch mode — put tasks in **Tasks**:

```json
{
  "apiKey": "cn-your-key",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "type": "recaptcha_v2",
      "url": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo",
      "sitekey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-"
    },
    {
      "type": "turnstile",
      "url": "https://example.com/login",
      "sitekey": "0x4AAAAAAA..."
    }
  ],
  "waitSeconds": 60,
  "concurrency": 5,
  "maxSpendUsd": 1
}
```

Single-task mode — leave **Tasks** empty and fill in `type`, `url`, `sitekey` (and `action`, `minScore`, `invisible`, `challengeUrl`, `proxy`, `userAgent` as needed).

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `apiKey` | string (secret) | — | **Required.** Your CaptchaNo API key. |
| `tasks` | array | — | Batch of task objects (fields as in the table above). |
| `type`, `url`, `sitekey`, `action`, `minScore`, `invisible`, `challengeUrl`, `proxy`, `userAgent` | — | — | Single task, used when `tasks` is empty. |
| `waitSeconds` | integer 0–120 | 60 | How long each solve request blocks. Tasks still solving afterwards are polled every 5 s for up to 180 s. |
| `concurrency` | integer 1–50 | 5 | Tasks solved in parallel. |
| `maxSpendUsd` | number | none | Stop submitting new tasks once this run's CaptchaNo spend reaches this amount. Tasks already in progress still finish. |

### Output

One dataset item per input task, in the **Overview** view (index, ID, type, status, truncated solution, solve time, cost, error) and the **Full solutions** view. Example item (values illustrative):

```json
{
  "taskIndex": 0,
  "id": "task_01J...",
  "type": "recaptcha_v2",
  "status": "ready",
  "token": "03AFcWeA...",
  "cookie": null,
  "text": null,
  "solutionUserAgent": null,
  "solutionPreview": "03AFcWeA...",
  "errorCode": null,
  "errorMessage": null,
  "costUsd": 0.00285,
  "cost": "0.00285",
  "billedFrom": null,
  "solveTime": null,
  "createdAt": "2026-10-19T12:00:00.000Z",
  "attempts": 1,
  "polls": 0,
  "finishedAt": "2026-10-19T12:00:05.000Z",
  "input": {
    "type": "recaptcha_v2",
    "url": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo",
    "sitekey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-"
  }
}
```

`cost`, `billedFrom` and `solveTime` are copied from the API response as returned.

`status` is one of:

- `ready`: solved. Use `token` (reCAPTCHA / Turnstile), `cookie` (DataDome) or `text` (image).
- `failed`: not solved (and not billed). See `errorCode`: `unsolvable`, `invalid_sitekey`, `unsupported_type`, `proxy_required`, `proxy_unreachable`, `score_not_met`, `capacity_unavailable`, `rate_limited`, `upstream_error`, `insufficient_balance`, `poll_timeout`, `network_error`.
- `skipped`: never submitted because the budget was reached (`budget_reached`), the balance ran out (`insufficient_balance`) or the key was rejected.
- `invalid`: the task failed input validation (`invalid_input`); the message says which field.

The key-value store record **OUTPUT** holds the run summary:

```json
{ "total": 2, "solved": 2, "failed": 0, "skipped": 0, "invalid": 0, "totalCostUsd": 0.0057, "stoppedReason": null }
```

The run fails (non-zero exit) only when the API key is rejected (`invalid_api_key`) or the input itself is unusable. Per-task failures never fail the run; they are written to the dataset.

### Call it from another Actor

```js
import { Actor } from 'apify';

await Actor.init();

const run = await Actor.call('<username>/captchano-captcha-solver', {
  apiKey: process.env.CAPTCHANO_API_KEY,
  tasks: [
    { type: 'turnstile', url: 'https://example.com/login', sitekey: '0x4AAAAAAA...' },
  ],
  waitSeconds: 60,
});

const { items } = await Actor.apifyClient.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
const token = items[0]?.token;

await Actor.exit();
```

### Call it from the Apify API

Run synchronously and get the dataset items in one request:

```bash
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<username>~captchano-captcha-solver/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "apiKey": "cn-your-key",
    "tasks": [{
      "type": "recaptcha_v2",
      "url": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo",
      "sitekey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-"
    }]
  }'
```

Python (`apify-client`):

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("<username>/captchano-captcha-solver").call(run_input={
    "apiKey": "cn-your-key",
    "type": "turnstile",
    "url": "https://example.com/login",
    "sitekey": "0x4AAAAAAA...",
})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items[0]["token"])
```

### Use the client directly

`src/client.ts` is a dependency-free typed client for the CaptchaNo API (Node 18+, uses global `fetch`):

```ts
import { CaptchaNoClient } from './client.js';

const client = new CaptchaNoClient({ apiKey: process.env.CAPTCHANO_API_KEY! });
const { task } = await client.solveAndWait(
  { type: 'recaptcha_v2', url: 'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo', sitekey: '6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-' },
  { waitSeconds: 60 },
);
console.log(task.status, task.solution?.token, task.cost);
console.log(await client.getBalance()); // { balance, currency: "USD" }
```

### Pricing

- **You bring your own CaptchaNo API key and pay CaptchaNo per successful solve**, at the rates on [captchano.com](https://captchano.com). Failed solves are never billed. This Actor adds no extra charge on top.
- **Apify platform usage** (compute units for running this Actor) is billed by Apify under your Apify plan. The Actor runs in 128–1024 MB and spends most of its time waiting on the network.
- Use `maxSpendUsd` to cap how much CaptchaNo spend a single run can create.

### Privacy and security

- `apiKey` and `proxy` are secret inputs, encrypted by Apify.
- The API key is never printed, logged or stored in the dataset or key-value store. Logs show it masked (`cn-***abcd`).
- Proxy usernames and passwords are masked (`http://***:***@host:port`) in logs and in the `input` echo.
- Base64 image bodies are not echoed back; the dataset shows only their length.

### Support

- Docs: [captchano.com/captcha-solver-api](https://captchano.com/captcha-solver-api)
- Email: <support@captchano.com>
- Publisher: DishIs Technologies LLC

### Local development

```bash
npm install
npm run build
npm test                    # unit tests (mocked fetch)
npm run validate-schemas    # checks .actor/*.json

## Run locally with the Apify CLI (reads storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json):
apify run
```

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/dishistech/captchano-captcha-solver/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

Your CaptchaNo API key (starts with <code>cn-</code>). Stored encrypted by Apify and never written to logs or the dataset. Required to solve anything: without a key the run finishes immediately with one 'skipped' item explaining how to get one.

## `tasks` (type: `array`):

Array of task objects, solved in parallel. Each task takes the same fields as <code>POST /v1/solve</code>: <code>type</code> (recaptcha_v2 | recaptcha_v3 | recaptcha_enterprise | turnstile | datadome | image), <code>url</code>, <code>sitekey</code>, <code>action</code>, <code>minScore</code>, <code>invisible</code>, <code>cData</code>, <code>pageData</code>, <code>challengeUrl</code>, <code>body</code> (base64 image), <code>userAgent</code>, <code>proxy</code>. Leave empty to use the single-task fields below.

## `type` (type: `string`):

The kind of captcha to solve.

## `url` (type: `string`):

URL of the page that shows the captcha. Required for every type except image.

## `sitekey` (type: `string`):

The captcha site key found in the page source (reCAPTCHA / Turnstile).

## `action` (type: `string`):

reCAPTCHA v3 / Enterprise or Turnstile action name, if the page uses one.

## `minScore` (type: `number`):

reCAPTCHA v3 / Enterprise minimum score (0.1–0.9).

## `invisible` (type: `boolean`):

Set when the reCAPTCHA v2 widget is invisible.

## `challengeUrl` (type: `string`):

The DataDome challenge (captcha-delivery) URL. Required for DataDome.

## `proxy` (type: `string`):

Proxy as <code>http://user:pass@host:port</code> (http, socks4 or socks5). Required for DataDome. Credentials are masked in logs and output.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Browser user agent to bind the solution to (optional).

## `waitSeconds` (type: `integer`):

How long each solve request may block waiting for the answer (<code>?wait=</code>, max 120). Tasks still solving afterwards are polled every 5 s for up to 180 s.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many tasks to solve in parallel.

## `maxSpendUsd` (type: `number`):

Optional. Stop submitting new tasks once the CaptchaNo cost of this run reaches this amount. Tasks already in progress still finish. Failed solves are never billed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "tasks": [
    {
      "type": "recaptcha_v2",
      "url": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo",
      "sitekey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-"
    }
  ],
  "waitSeconds": 60,
  "concurrency": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per task: status, token/cookie/text, userAgent, solveTime, cost and any error code.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Totals for the run: tasks, solved, failed, skipped, total cost in USD and why it stopped early, if it did.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "recaptcha_v2",
            "url": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo",
            "sitekey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dishistech/captchano-captcha-solver").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "tasks": [{
            "type": "recaptcha_v2",
            "url": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo",
            "sitekey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-",
        }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dishistech/captchano-captcha-solver").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "tasks": [
    {
      "type": "recaptcha_v2",
      "url": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo",
      "sitekey": "6Le-wvkSAAAAAPBMRTvw0Q4Muexq9bi0DJwx_mJ-"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call dishistech/captchano-captcha-solver --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dishistech/captchano-captcha-solver"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/E74pRojXh3f5uyqEN/builds/lyoCN4tPWxovhif2l/openapi.json