"Anyone found a reliable way to bypass selenium captchas?"
Hey folks,
Been banging my head against the wall with selenium captchas lately. No matter what I try, they keep detecting my automation scripts.
Has anyone cracked this yet? Tried rotating IPs, user agents, even some JS tricks—still getting blocked.
Are there any *working* solutions out there, or are we just doomed to play cat-and-mouse forever?
Would love to hear how you're handling selenium captchas in your projects. Share your hacks, even if they're janky!
Cheers!
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Ugh, selenium captchas are the worst. I’ve had some luck with 2captcha’s API—it’s not perfect, but it gets the job done most of the time.
Also, try slowing down your script. Like, add random delays between actions. Captcha systems love to flag speed demons.
If you’re feeling fancy, check out undetected-chromedriver. It’s a modified version of selenium that flies under the radar a bit better.
Honestly, I gave up on selenium captchas and switched to Puppeteer-extra with stealth plugin. Way fewer headaches.
But if you’re stuck with selenium, try rotating mouse movements and adding some human-like jitter. Sounds silly, but it works sometimes.
Oh, and avoid free proxies. They’re almost always flagged.
Have you tried using a headless browser? I know it sounds counterintuitive, but some sites detect selenium less aggressively in headless mode.
Also, check out anticaptcha—they’ve got a decent success rate for solving selenium captchas.
Pro tip: Clear cookies and storage between sessions. Dirty sessions get flagged fast.
Selenium captchas are a nightmare, but here’s my janky workaround:
- Use residential proxies (Luminati or Smartproxy).
- Spoof WebGL and canvas fingerprints with a tool like FingerprintJS.
- Randomize EVERYTHING—timings, clicks, scrolls.
It’s not foolproof, but it’s kept my scripts running for months.
Man, I feel your pain. Selenium captchas are brutal.
One thing that helped me: Modify the navigator.webdriver flag. Some sites use it to detect automation.
Also, check out CapSolver. It’s pricey but works better than most for bypassing selenium captchas.
LOL, welcome to the arms race. Selenium captchas are designed to wreck automation.
My hack? Run your script in a virtual machine with a fresh browser profile each time. It’s slow, but it works.
Also, avoid Cloudflare-protected sites. They’re basically unbeatable with selenium.
Try using selenium-stealth (GitHub repo). It patches a bunch of detection points.
And yeah, rotating IPs is useless if your fingerprint is leaking. Use a service like Incogniton to manage profiles.
Selenium captchas are all about the little details.
I’ve had mixed results with selenium captchas, but here’s what’s working for me:
- Use a real mobile user agent (sites are less strict on mobile).
- Add random scrolls and tab switches.
- If all else fails, outsource to a human solver like DeathByCaptcha.
It’s not elegant, but neither are captchas.
Selenium captchas are a pain, but you can sometimes fool them by disabling automation flags.
Try this in your code:
`options.add_argument("--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled")`
Also, avoid headless mode—it’s a huge red flag for some systems.
