Text question solving API

At a glance

Price per 1,000

$0.25 ($0.00025 per task)

createTask type

TextCaptchaTask

in.php method

textcaptcha

You send

A question in text, such as a simple sum or a word to pick

You get

The answer as text

Where to find the values

Send the question as comment. Set languagePool if the question is not in English.

createTask and getTaskResult

Create the task, wait about 5 seconds, then check the result every 5 seconds until the status is ready. If the task fails, the API returns an error and the charge goes back to your balance.

import time, requests

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

task = requests.post(f"{API}/createTask", json={
  "clientKey": KEY,
  "task": {
      "type": "TextCaptchaTask",
      "comment": "What is 7 plus 5?"
    }
}).json()
if task["errorId"]:
    raise SystemExit(task["errorCode"])

while True:
    time.sleep(5)
    r = requests.post(f"{API}/getTaskResult", json={"clientKey": KEY, "taskId": task["taskId"]}).json()
    if r["errorId"]:
        raise SystemExit(r["errorCode"])   # failed tasks are refunded
    if r["status"] == "ready":
        print(r["solution"]["text"])
        break

in.php and res.php

The same task with the classic form API. Add json=1 to get JSON answers; without it the answers are plain text such as OK|1001.

curl -s "https://unlock-api.com/in.php" -d "key=YOUR_API_KEY&method=textcaptcha&textcaptcha=What+is+7+plus+5%3F&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"}