How do I bypass CAPTCHAs while web scraping?

There are several ways to avoid CAPTCHAs when scraping web data.

  1. Use paid CAPTCHA-solving services. This is one of the fastest and most reliable ways to deal with CAPTCHAs, and there are actually many options you can take because many CAPTCHA solutions use advanced algorithms and machine learning to automatically analyze and interpret the audio and visual challenges presented by CAPTCHAs.
  2. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. Likewise, you may want to use OCR software that converts images of texts into digitally encoded texts and interprets them to avoid CAPTCHAs.
  3. Solve CAPTCHAs by yourself. You can also bypass CAPTCHAs by visiting your destination website and solving challenges manually.

That being said, it's important to note that CAPTCHAs without permission can violate the terms of service of many websites as they use CAPTCHAs to prevent abuse and to protect their services. Ethical web scraping could be conducted by respecting such protections. For further inquiries, please contact the Listly team at hello@listly.io.