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Introduction

1. A brief introduction to CapSolver Extension:

CapSolver extension - best and fastest browser captcha solver(based on AI) CapSolver extension can be easily integrated into browser such as Chrome and Firefox, allowing you to enjoy CapSolver’s captcha solving service without writing any code. This provides a more convenient way for non-technical individuals to tackle captcha challenges. Browser extensions can also assist individuals in need, such as people with disabilities, by automating the recognition and clicking of captcha verification.

  • Official CapSolver browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, which automatically solves any CAPTCHAs in the background using artificial intelligence algorithms is the best quality solve extension worldwide, which helps to solve any captchas on any sites.
  • Capsolver extension utilizes the same advanced AI and computer vision algorithms as CapSolver’s backend system to solve captchas behind the scenes. This provides effortless, transparent captcha automation as you browse any website.
  • This browser extension is supported in Chrome and Firefox, Opera and Edge planning support in the near future.

1.1 Supported services:

CapSolver Extension supports the recognition of various popular CAPTCHA services, including:

  • ✅ ReCAPTCHA v2 / v3
  • ✅ ImageToText
  • ✅ Amazon AWS WAF
  • ✅ Cloudflare Turnstile* (coming soon)
  • ✅ GeeTest v3/ v4 (coming soon)

1.2 Use cases:

CapSolver Extension is instrumental in a myriad of situations, including but not limited to:

  • Web Scraping: The extension facilitates automated data extraction by eliminating CAPTCHA hurdles encountered during web scraping tasks.
  • Account Management: CapSolver Extension streamlines the process of managing multiple online accounts that may require CAPTCHA authentication.
  • Content Access: Users can effortlessly access protected content on websites that employ CAPTCHAs, enhancing the browsing experience.
  • More: With the CapSolver captcha solver, you can easily tackle various types of captchas in scenarios such as data scraping, automation, and other situations where captcha solve is required.

2. Automatic installation

2.1 Installation Steps:

  1. Sign up for a CapSolver account on our website.
  2. Downloading the Extension from Chrome, Firefox, or GitHub:
  • Chrome: Go to the Chrome Web Store and click on the “Add to Chrome” button, Chrome will display a confirmation dialog. Click “Add extension” to install.
  • Firefox: Visit the Firefox Add-ons website, and click on the “Add to Firefox. Firefox will prompt you to confirm the installation. Click “Add” to proceed.
  • GitHub: Visit the official CapSolver Extension GitHub page. Click on the “Code” button and select “Download ZIP” to download the extension as a ZIP file. Extract the ZIP file to a desired location on your computer.
  • Firefox:
    • Open Firefox and go to the “about:addons” page.
    • Click on the gear icon in the top-right corner and select “Install Add-on From File”.
    • Browse to the location where you downloaded the CapSolver Extension file and select it.
    • Firefox will install the extension and display a confirmation message.

  • Chrome:
    • Open Chrome and go to the “chrome://extensions” page.

    • Enable the “Developer mode” toggle switch in the top-right corner.

    • Click on the “Load unpacked” button and browse to the location where you extracted the CapSolver Extension files.

    • Select the folder containing the extension and click “OK” to install it.

    • Chrome will confirm the successful installation of the extension.

2.2 Pinning the Extension:

  • Firefox:
    • After installing the CapSolver Extension, click on the puzzle piece icon in the Firefox toolbar.
    • Locate the CapSolver Extension and click on the three-dot menu next to it.
    • Select “Pin to Overflow Menu” to keep the extension icon visible in the toolbar.
  • Chrome:
    • After installing the CapSolver Extension, right-click on the extension icon in the Chrome toolbar.
    • Choose “Pin” from the context menu to keep the extension icon permanently visible in the toolbar.

3. Step-by-step instructions for using our Extension

3.1How to add an API Key and funds to start:

To begin using our extension, you need to register on our dashboard to obtain an API key.

Once you have your API key, open the extension settings and input it

3.2 Explanation of each setting

There are two parameter configurations you can tweak during the resolution of the reCAPTCHA v2

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  1. Delay between start solve captcha (ms):
  • This setting determines the time delay between starting the solving process for each captcha challenge.
  • It is measured in milliseconds (ms), and you can adjust the value based on your preference.
  • A higher delay can provide more time for the extension to process and solve the captcha, but it may increase the overall solving time.
  1. Repeat captcha solving in case of an error:
  • This setting controls whether the extension should automatically retry solving a captcha in case of an error during the initial attempt.
  • The number of repeat attempts may vary depending on the specific error encountered.

3.3 Manual solving

The manual solving feature means that when the target website presents a Captcha, the extension will not automatically solve it. Users need to click the button next to the Captcha to initiate the resolution process.

3.4 How to Import proxy

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Extension also allows users to pass in their own proxies, enable the proxy button and then pass your own proxy in the required format, And we support four formats of proxies: HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5.

3.5 Blacklist control

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You may need to set up a blacklist for certain websites in situations where you want to disable captcha solving on those specific sites. By enabling the “Blacklist control” button and adding websites to the blacklist, the extension will no longer attempt to solve captchas on those sites.

3.6 How to use callback

Callback feature in the CapSolver extension, follow these steps:

  1. Configure the “Solved Callback” option in the pop-up window of the CapSolver extension (or in config.js). This option is the name of the callback function to be executed after the captcha is resolved, and it is captchaSolvedCallback by default.
  2. After opening the page, immediately mount the callback function to be executed to the window. The name of the mounted function is the “Solved Callback” configured in the previous step.

4. Our engaging video tutorials

Naturally, we have also prepared video tutorials to demonstrate how to use our service to recognize the various types of captcha. Click here to know how to use CapSolver Google Chrome extension

4.1 How to solve Captcha with CapSolver Google Chrome extension

4.2 How to Using Puppeteer Node.JS: A Demo with CapSolver Extension to solve Captcha