Bounding box
JSON methods
Token tasks
- reCAPTCHA v2
- reCAPTCHA v2 Enterprise
- reCAPTCHA v3
- Cloudflare Turnstile
- GeeTest v3 / v4
- FunCaptcha (Arkose Labs)
- Amazon AWS WAF
- MTCaptcha
- Friendly Captcha
- Lemin Cropped Captcha
- DataDome
- KeyCaptcha
- Capy Puzzle
- Cloudflare Challenge page
- Cutcaptcha
- CyberSiARA
- atbCAPTCHA
- Tencent Captcha
- Prosopo Procaptcha
- CaptchaFox
- Altcha
- NetEase Yidun
- Yandex SmartCaptcha
- VK Captcha
- Binance Captcha
- Custom task (Imperva, Temu and others)
Bounding box
How to send a Bounding box 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
- $0.60 $0.0006 per task
- You send
- The image as base64 and what to outline
- You get
- Rectangles around the objects
Task type names
This type has one name.
BoundingBoxTaskTask object
typeStringRequired
Task type name. Matched in any letter case.
BoundingBoxTaskbodyStringRequired
The image as base64 (JPG, PNG or GIF), up to about 100 KB. A data: prefix is allowed.
commentStringOptional
Instruction for the solver, for example the question shown above the image.
Fields not listed here are passed to the solver as sent.
Request
POST /createTask
{
"clientKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"task": {
"type": "BoundingBoxTask",
"body": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
"comment": "Draw a box around each car"
}
}Solution object
Returned in solution when status is ready.
bounding_boxesArray
Boxes around the asked objects, in pixels.
POST /getTaskResult
{
"errorId": 0,
"taskId": 1001,
"status": "ready",
"solution": {
"bounding_boxes": [
{
"xMin": 12,
"yMin": 30,
"xMax": 140,
"yMax": 96
}
]
},
"cost": "0.0006",
"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": "BoundingBoxTask",
"body": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
"comment": "Draw a box around each car"
}
}).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"])
break
else:
raise SystemExit("timed out")const API = "https://unlock-api.com";
const KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";
const post = (path, body) => fetch(API + path, { method: "POST", headers: { "content-type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify(body) }).then((r) => r.json());
const task = await post("/createTask", {
clientKey: KEY,
task: {
"type": "BoundingBoxTask",
"body": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
"comment": "Draw a box around each car"
},
});
if (task.errorId) throw new Error(task.errorCode);
let solution = null;
for (let n = 0; n < 60 && !solution; n++) { // 60 x 5 s = the 5 minute task limit
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000));
const r = await post("/getTaskResult", { clientKey: KEY, taskId: task.taskId });
if (r.errorId) throw new Error(r.errorCode + ": " + r.errorDescription); // failed tasks are refunded
if (r.status === "ready") solution = r.solution;
}
if (!solution) throw new Error("timed out");
console.log(solution);<?php
$api = "https://unlock-api.com";
$key = "YOUR_API_KEY";
function post($url, $body) {
$c = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt_array($c, [CURLOPT_POST => true, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Content-Type: application/json"], CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($body)]);
return json_decode(curl_exec($c), true);
}
$task = post("$api/createTask", ["clientKey" => $key, "task" => json_decode('{"type":"BoundingBoxTask","body":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...","comment":"Draw a box around each car"}', true)]);
if ($task["errorId"]) exit($task["errorCode"]);
for ($n = 0; $n < 60; $n++) { // 60 x 5 s = the 5 minute task limit
sleep(5);
$r = post("$api/getTaskResult", ["clientKey" => $key, "taskId" => $task["taskId"]]);
if ($r["errorId"]) exit($r["errorCode"] . ": " . $r["errorDescription"]); // failed tasks are refunded
if ($r["status"] === "ready") break;
}
if ($r["status"] !== "ready") exit("timed out");
print_r($r["solution"]);package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"net/http"
"time"
)
const api = "https://unlock-api.com"
const key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
func post(method string, body map[string]any) map[string]any {
b, _ := json.Marshal(body)
res, err := http.Post(api+"/"+method, "application/json", bytes.NewReader(b))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()
var out map[string]any
json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&out)
return out
}
func main() {
task := post("createTask", map[string]any{
"clientKey": key,
"task": map[string]any{
"type": "BoundingBoxTask",
"body": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
"comment": "Draw a box around each car",
},
})
if task["errorId"].(float64) != 0 {
panic(task["errorCode"])
}
for n := 0; n < 60; n++ { // 60 x 5 s = the 5 minute task limit
time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
r := post("getTaskResult", map[string]any{"clientKey": key, "taskId": task["taskId"]})
if r["errorId"].(float64) != 0 {
panic(r["errorCode"]) // failed tasks are refunded
}
if r["status"] == "ready" {
fmt.Println(r["solution"])
return
}
}
panic("timed out")
}import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
public class Solve {
static final String API = "https://unlock-api.com", KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";
static final HttpClient HTTP = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
static String post(String method, String json) throws Exception {
var req = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(API + "/" + method))
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(json)).build();
return HTTP.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString()).body();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String task = "{\"type\":\"BoundingBoxTask\",\"body\":\"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...\",\"comment\":\"Draw a box around each car\"}";
String created = post("createTask", "{\"clientKey\":\"" + KEY + "\",\"task\":" + task + "}");
Matcher id = Pattern.compile("\"taskId\":(\\d+)").matcher(created);
if (!id.find()) throw new RuntimeException(created);
for (int n = 0; n < 60; n++) { // 60 x 5 s = the 5 minute task limit
Thread.sleep(5000);
String r = post("getTaskResult", "{\"clientKey\":\"" + KEY + "\",\"taskId\":" + id.group(1) + "}");
if (r.contains("\"errorId\":1")) throw new RuntimeException(r); // failed tasks are refunded
if (r.contains("\"status\":\"ready\"")) { System.out.println(r); return; }
}
throw new RuntimeException("timed out");
}
}using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;
const string Api = "https://unlock-api.com";
const string Key = "YOUR_API_KEY";
var http = new HttpClient();
async Task<JsonElement> Post(string method, object body) =>
await (await http.PostAsJsonAsync($"{Api}/{method}", body)).Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
var task = await Post("createTask", new {
clientKey = Key,
task = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>("""
{"type":"BoundingBoxTask","body":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...","comment":"Draw a box around each car"}
""")
});
if (task.GetProperty("errorId").GetInt32() != 0) throw new Exception(task.GetProperty("errorCode").GetString());
for (var n = 0; n < 60; n++) { // 60 x 5 s = the 5 minute task limit
await Task.Delay(5000);
var r = await Post("getTaskResult", new { clientKey = Key, taskId = task.GetProperty("taskId").GetInt64() });
if (r.GetProperty("errorId").GetInt32() != 0) throw new Exception(r.GetProperty("errorCode").GetString()); // failed tasks are refunded
if (r.GetProperty("status").GetString() == "ready") { Console.WriteLine(r.GetProperty("solution")); return; }
}
throw new Exception("timed out");curl -s https://unlock-api.com/createTask \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"clientKey":"YOUR_API_KEY","task":{"type":"BoundingBoxTask","body":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...","comment":"Draw a box around each car"}}'
# {"errorId":0,"taskId":1001}
curl -s https://unlock-api.com/getTaskResult \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"clientKey":"YOUR_API_KEY","taskId":1001}'
# {"errorId":0,"status":"processing"} then {"errorId":0,"status":"ready","solution":{...},"cost":"0.001"}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=bounding_box&textinstructions=Draw+a+box+around+each+car&body=BASE64_IMAGE&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"}