Am I charged when YesCaptcha fails to solve a captcha?
Section titled “Am I charged when YesCaptcha fails to solve a captcha?”No. Failed (ERROR_CAPTCHA_UNSOLVABLE) and timed-out (ERROR_TASK_TIMEOUT) tasks are refunded automatically, and requests that return an error code are not charged. A token that the target site rejects counts as a success, because we can’t know the site’s decision; wrong image recognition results can be reported for a refund. See Billing and refunds.
How much does each captcha cost?
Section titled “How much does each captcha cost?”Each task type has a fixed price in points (1,000 points = ¥1), and prices differ by type. All prices are in Task types and pricing; a machine-readable version is at /data/task-types.json.
How long is a token valid?
Section titled “How long is a token valid?”reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile tokens are single use. reCAPTCHA tokens are valid for about 120 seconds; submit within 60 seconds. The captcha vendor sets the limit.
Why do some tokens fail to pass?
Section titled “Why do some tokens fail to pass?”The target site decides. It weighs scores, IP, browser environment and more, and can change its threshold at any time, so pass rates vary by site. Compare other task types for the same captcha, use a type with your own proxy and submit through the same proxy, or switch to image recognition and click in a real browser.
How long does solving take?
Section titled “How long does solving take?”Asynchronous tasks usually take from a few seconds to a few tens of seconds, at most about 110 seconds (180 to 220 for a few types), after which they time out and are refunded. Image recognition and image-to-text are synchronous and return in one request.
Is recognition done by humans or machines?
Section titled “Is recognition done by humans or machines?”By machines, using machine learning models.
Will using YesCaptcha get my account banned?
Section titled “Will using YesCaptcha get my account banned?”We only return recognition results and never touch your account on the target site. How a site judges activity, and whether it bans accounts, is up to the site; follow its rules. YesCaptcha may only be used for lawful purposes.
Can one clientKey be used by several programs or browsers at once?
Section titled “Can one clientKey be used by several programs or browsers at once?”Yes. Requests under one account share the concurrency limit and the balance.
Should I use the global or the China endpoint?
Section titled “Should I use the global or the China endpoint?”Use cn.yescaptcha.com for servers in mainland China and api.yescaptcha.com elsewhere. Query a task on the endpoint that created it. See Endpoints.
What is the difference between the extension and the API?
Section titled “What is the difference between the extension and the API?”The extension uses the same API to recognize captchas. It is free to install, charges for the API calls it makes, and suits people working in a browser without code; the API suits batch processing in programs. See Browser extension.
Why am I paused with ERROR_IP_BLOCKED_5MIN?
Section titled “Why am I paused with ERROR_IP_BLOCKED_5MIN?”Your clientKey produced too many failing requests within a minute and was paused for a few minutes; it resumes automatically. blockReason in the response is the error that caused it; fix that in your program. See Rate limits.
Which sites are supported?
Section titled “Which sites are supported?”We recognize captcha types rather than specific sites. Whether a site can be passed depends on its settings, so test with a small batch first. A site that isn’t supported returns ERROR_DOMAIN_NOT_ALLOWED.