UNLOCK API
Altcha

Altcha

How to send a Altcha task to UNLOCK API with createTask or in.php: task type names, every parameter, the solution object, proxy fields and code samples in 7 languages.
Price
$1.30 $0.0013 per task
You send
Page URL and the challenge address or challenge JSON
You get
Payload for the altcha field

Overview and price

Task type names

Use the first name to solve without a proxy. Use the second name and add the proxy fields to solve through your own proxy. The price is the same.
AltchaTaskProxylessWithout proxy
AltchaTaskThrough your proxy

Task object

type
StringRequired
Task type name. Matched in any letter case. AltchaTaskProxyless | AltchaTask
websiteURL
StringRequired
Full address of the page where the CAPTCHA appears, starting with http:// or https://.
challengeURL
StringOptional
Address the page loads the Altcha challenge from. Send this or challengeJSON.
challengeJSON
StringOptional
The Altcha challenge JSON as text. Send this or challengeURL.

Fields not listed here are passed to the solver as sent.

Proxy fields

Only for the proxy type name. Send either the separate fields or one proxy string.
proxyType
StringRequired
http, https, socks4 or socks5.
proxyAddress
StringRequired
Proxy IP address or host name.
proxyPort
IntegerRequired
Proxy port.
proxyLogin
StringOptional
Proxy user name, if the proxy needs one.
proxyPassword
StringOptional
Proxy password, if the proxy needs one.
proxy
String
All proxy fields in one string, for example http://user:pass@1.2.3.4:8080.

Using a proxy

Request

POST /createTask
{
  "clientKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "task": {
    "type": "AltchaTaskProxyless",
    "websiteURL": "https://example.com/login",
    "challengeURL": "https://example.com/altcha/challenge"
  }
}

Solution object

Returned in solution when status is ready.
token
String
The token to submit with the page form.
POST /getTaskResult
{
  "errorId": 0,
  "taskId": 1001,
  "status": "ready",
  "solution": {
    "token": "eyJhbGdvcml0aG0iOiJTSEEtMjU2Ii..."
  },
  "cost": "0.0013",
  "createTime": 1791640000,
  "endTime": 1791640014,
  "solveCount": 1
}

Code samples

import time, requests

API = "https://unlock-api.com"
KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

task = requests.post(f"{API}/createTask", json={
    "clientKey": KEY,
    "task": {
      "type": "AltchaTaskProxyless",
      "websiteURL": "https://example.com/login",
      "challengeURL": "https://example.com/altcha/challenge"
    }
}).json()
if task["errorId"]:
    raise SystemExit(task["errorCode"])

for _ in range(60):   # 60 x 5 s = the 5 minute task limit
    time.sleep(5)
    r = requests.post(f"{API}/getTaskResult", json={"clientKey": KEY, "taskId": task["taskId"]}).json()
    if r["errorId"]:
        raise SystemExit(f"{r['errorCode']}: {r.get('errorDescription', '')}")   # failed tasks are refunded
    if r["status"] == "ready":
        print(r["solution"]["token"])
        break
else:
    raise SystemExit("timed out")

in.php form method

The same task with the classic form request. res.php returns the answer as text.
in.php, res.php
curl -s "https://unlock-api.com/in.php" -d "key=YOUR_API_KEY&method=altcha&challengeURL=CHALLENGE_URL&pageurl=https://example.com/login&json=1"
# {"status":1,"request":"1001"}

curl -s "https://unlock-api.com/res.php?key=YOUR_API_KEY&action=get&id=1001&json=1"
# {"status":0,"request":"CAPCHA_NOT_READY"}  then  {"status":1,"request":"ANSWER"}

Form API: in.php and res.php