Grid Method
The method can be used to bypass tasks where a grid is applied to an image and you need to click on grid tiles, like reCAPTCHA or hCaptcha images.
Returns the array of tile indexes, where 1 is top left tile.
Supported image formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF
Max file size: 600 kB
Max image size: 1000px on any side
GridTask task type specification
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | String | Yes | GridTask |
| body | String | Yes | Image encoded into Base64 format. Data-URI format (containing data:content/type prefix) is also supported |
| rows | Integer | No | Number of grid rows |
| columns | Integer | No | Number of grid columns |
| comment | String | Yes* | A comment will be shown to workers to help them to solve the captcha properly |
| imgInstructions | String | Yes* | An image with instruction that will be shown to workers. Image should be encoded into Base64 format. Max file size: 100 kB |
-
- you should provide at least one of the properties:
commentorimgInstructions
- you should provide at least one of the properties:
Request example
Method: createTask
API endpoint: https://api.2captcha.com/createTask
{
"clientKey":"YOUR_API_KEY",
"task": {
"type":"GridTask",
"body":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQ..HIAAAAAAQwAABtbnRyUkdCIFhZ.wc5GOGSRF//Z",
"comment":"select all vehicles",
"rows": 4,
"columns": 4
}
}Response example
{
"errorId": 0,
"status": "ready",
"solution": {
"click": [
4,
8,
12,
16
]
},
"cost": "0.0012",
"ip": "1.2.3.4",
"createTime": 1692863536,
"endTime": 1692863556,
"solveCount": 1
}Code examples
PHP
Python
C#
Java
Go
Ruby
// https://github.com/2captcha/2captcha-php
require(__DIR__ . '/../src/autoloader.php');
$solver = new \TwoCaptcha\TwoCaptcha('YOUR_API_KEY');
try {
$result = $solver->grid('path/to/captcha.jpg');
} catch (\Exception $e) {
die($e->getMessage());
}
die('Captcha solved: ' . $result->code);# https://github.com/2captcha/2captcha-python
import sys
import os
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
from twocaptcha import TwoCaptcha
api_key = os.getenv('APIKEY_2CAPTCHA', 'YOUR_API_KEY')
solver = TwoCaptcha(api_key)
try:
result = solver.grid('path/to/captcha.jpg')
except Exception as e:
sys.exit(e)
else:
sys.exit('solved: ' + str(result)) // https://github.com/2captcha/2captcha-csharp
using System;
using System.Linq;
using TwoCaptcha.Captcha;
namespace TwoCaptcha.Examples
{
public class GridExample
{
public static void Main()
{
var solver = new TwoCaptcha("YOUR_API_KEY");
Grid captcha = new Grid("path/to/captcha.jpg");
try
{
solver.Solve(captcha).Wait();
Console.WriteLine("Captcha solved: " + captcha.Code);
}
catch (AggregateException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error occurred: " + e.InnerExceptions.First().Message);
}
}
}
} // https://github.com/2captcha/2captcha-java
package examples;
import com.twocaptcha.TwoCaptcha;
import com.twocaptcha.captcha.Grid;
public class GridExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
TwoCaptcha solver = new TwoCaptcha("YOUR_API_KEY");
Grid captcha = new Grid("path/to/captcha.jpg");
try {
solver.solve(captcha);
System.out.println("Captcha solved: " + captcha.getCode());
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error occurred: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
} // https://github.com/2captcha/2captcha-go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"github.com/2captcha/2captcha-go"
)
func main() {
client := api2captcha.NewClient("API_KEY")
cap := api2captcha.Grid{
File: "/path/to/captcha.jpg",
}
code, err := client.Solve(cap.ToRequest())
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err);
}
fmt.Println("code "+code)
} require 'api_2captcha'
client = Api2Captcha.new("YOUR_API_KEY")
result = client.grid({ image: 'path/to/captcha.jpg'})
# OR
result = client.grid({
image: 'https://site-with-captcha.com/path/to/captcha.jpg'
})