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DecaptcherDecoder

void DecaptcherDecoder (ScrapingSession session, String username, String password, int port)
void DecaptcherDecoder (ScrapingSession session, String username, String password, String port)
void DecaptcherDecoder (ScrapingSession session, String username, String password, String port, String apiUrl)
void DecaptcherDecoder (ScrapingSession session, String username, String password, int port, String apiUrl)

Description

Requires an account with decaptcher.com.

Type of ImageDecoder in the com.screenscraper.util.images package that uses the decaptcher.com service to convert images to text. The constructor is DecaptcherDecoder(ScrapingSession session, String username, String password) or DecaptcherDecoder(ScrapingSession session, String username, String password, String apiUrl).

Parameters

  • session Name of currently running scraping session.
  • username Username used to log in to decaptcher.com service.
  • password Password used to log in to decaptcher.com service.
  • port The port given by De-captcher.com to access your account on their site.
  • apiUrl (optional) URL used to access decaptcher.com service. This setting will override the default URL.

Return Values

Returns void. If it runs into any problems accessing the decaptcher.com service an error will be thrown.

Change Log

Version Description
5.5.29a Available in all editions
5.5.40a Added the port parameter. The service now requires the correct port in order to authenticate.

Examples

Initialization script

import com.screenscraper.util.images.*;

ImageDecoder decoder;

decoder = new DecaptcherDecoder(session, "username", "password", 12345, "http://api.de-captcher.com");

session.setVariable("IMAGE_DECODER", decoder);

mikes on 11/21/2011 at 4:36 pm