Image grid
JSON methods
Token tasks
- reCAPTCHA v2
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- Amazon AWS WAF
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- DataDome
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Image grid
How to send a Image grid 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
- $0.36 $0.00036 per task
- You send
- The grid image as base64 and the instruction, for example the object to select
- You get
- The numbers of the cells to click
Task type names
This type has one name.
GridTaskAlso accepted: GridTaskProxyless
Task object
typeStringRequired
Task type name. Matched in any letter case.
GridTaskbodyStringRequired
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.
rowsIntegerOptional
Number of rows in the grid.
columnsIntegerOptional
Number of columns in the grid.
imgTypeStringOptional
Type of picture, if you know it.
previousIdStringOptional
id of the earlier task when the grid changes after the first answer.
canSkipBooleanOptional
true if the answer may be that no tile matches.
Fields not listed here are passed to the solver as sent.
Request
POST /createTask
{
"clientKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"task": {
"type": "GridTask",
"body": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
"comment": "Select all squares with traffic lights",
"rows": 3,
"columns": 3
}
}Solution object
Returned in solution when status is ready.
clickArray
Numbers of the tiles to click, counted from 1, left to right and top to bottom.
POST /getTaskResult
{
"errorId": 0,
"taskId": 1001,
"status": "ready",
"solution": {
"click": [
1,
4,
9
]
},
"cost": "0.00036",
"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": "GridTask",
"body": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
"comment": "Select all squares with traffic lights",
"rows": 3,
"columns": 3
}
}).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": "GridTask",
"body": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
"comment": "Select all squares with traffic lights",
"rows": 3,
"columns": 3
},
});
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" => $key, "task" => json_decode('{"type":"GridTask","body":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...","comment":"Select all squares with traffic lights","rows":3,"columns":3}', true)]);
if ($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": "GridTask",
"body": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
"comment": "Select all squares with traffic lights",
"rows": 3,
"columns": 3,
},
})
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\":\"GridTask\",\"body\":\"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...\",\"comment\":\"Select all squares with traffic lights\",\"rows\":3,\"columns\":3}";
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":"GridTask","body":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...","comment":"Select all squares with traffic lights","rows":3,"columns":3}
""")
});
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":"GridTask","body":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...","comment":"Select all squares with traffic lights","rows":3,"columns":3}}'
# {"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=base64&recaptcha=1&textinstructions=Select+all+traffic+lights&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"}