Decoding image CAPTCHA using 2captcha

shrey vijayvargiya
Nerd For Tech
Published in
3 min readJul 4, 2022

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Working with 2captcha to decode image captcha in Node JS

reCaptcha logo from google

Under the Hood

I am sure you have gone through the process of selecting the specific images from the collection of images called CAPTCHAS. If not below is the image to give you an example.

This image selection process is called CAPTCHAS, it’s a test which users have to pass so that websites can differentiate between users and bots. Bots nowadays can access the website and fill the form, make transactions and do many more kinds of abusive interactions with the websites.

In order to prevent this malicious unwanted interaction, CAPTCHAS come into existence, you can understand them as a test which helps the websites to distinguish between bots and humans.

What is image CAPTCHAS?

Image captchas are the test that uses low-resolution real-life images containing real-world daily seen objects. There are 2 reasons why image CAPTCHAS are widely used -

  • Low-resolution images are difficult for bots to read
  • Objects within low resolution are again not easy to detect by…

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