Solve CAPTCHAs. Or skip them entirely.

CAPTCHA-solving is a fallback, not a strategy. The 2024–2026 generation of bot detection (Turnstile, reCAPTCHA v3, AWS WAF) rarely shows a challenge UI; instead, it scores every request continuously on JA4 + IP + behaviour + browser internals. A “CAPTCHA” only appears when the score crosses a threshold. The reliable, cheap, fast path is keeping the score below threshold so no challenge ever fires.

Each major family, what triggers it, and how it gets resolved inside a scraping pipeline.

Two outcomes. Either the challenge never needs solving, or it gets solved and you pay a small surcharge.

No challenge shown (no surcharge)

Turnstile, reCAPTCHA v3 and AWS WAF mostly score the request without showing a puzzle. With js=true and a good proxy, the challenge JS runs in our headless browser and the page loads. Nothing is solved, so nothing extra is billed.

CAPTCHA solved (+5 credits a request, typically 20 to 60s)

When a page does show a CAPTCHA and auto_captcha_solve=true is set, it is solved through external solving services. Solves typically take 20 to 60 seconds (cap it with auto_captcha_solve_timeout, in milliseconds, default 120000). Every request that sets auto_captcha_solve=true costs 5 extra credits, whether or not a CAPTCHA was found and solved. Solving forces JS rendering, which also raises the base cost of the call.

The Ujb-Credits response header gives the exact cost of each call, so auto_captcha_solve=true shows up as 5 extra credits on each call that sets it. Log it per target and tune your config where solves pile up. The four metrics below are worth tracking in your own logs.

We refuse some kinds of CAPTCHA-solving. Not because the technical path is harder, but because the CAPTCHA is doing the job it was designed to do - gating consent, authentication, or rate-limited public goods. Automating past it crosses from data extraction into impersonation.

Avoid CAPTCHAs in the first place (recommended)

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape',
    params={
        'url': 'https://target-site.com',
        'js': 'true',
        'proxy_type': 'premium',
        'proxy_country': 'US',
    },
    headers={'ApiKey': 'YOUR_API_KEY'},
)
print(response.text)

Auto-solve as a safety net

curl -X GET 'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape' \
  -H 'ApiKey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://protected-site.com' \
  --data-urlencode 'js=true' \
  --data-urlencode 'proxy_type=premium' \
  --data-urlencode 'auto_captcha_solve=true'

Hard-bounce on any CAPTCHA (compliance mode)

// auto_captcha_solve defaults to false: a challenge is never solved
const res = await fetch('https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape?' + new URLSearchParams({
  url: 'https://target.com',
  js: 'true',
  proxy_type: 'premium',
  auto_captcha_solve: 'false',
}), { headers: { ApiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' } });

if (!res.ok) {
  console.log('blocked or failed with status', res.status);
}