Trouble parsing RECaptcha img URL.

phrozn

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Ok so I am in the process of making a bot, and I am having the hardest time pulling the captcha from the HTML.

The program is using a traditional WebBrowser control.

I've tried getting it by element tag "img". No luck. I see the image on the browser, but when I have the program list all elements by tag "img" it doesnt even show the img url which I am clearly looking at in the source.

Any methods for extracting that still work?

EDIT: READ MY BELOW POST.
 
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OK I actually found the problem I believe. When initiating a chat, the url doesnt technically change. Apparently there is a server side call to initiate a chat. So when the control looks for the images, it still sees the homepage. How can I get around this?
 
All you need is the public key which is visible in the HTML, E.g.

Code:
Dim recaptcha_public_key As String = ""
Dim CaptchaAnswerDetails() As String = GetCaptcha(recaptcha_public_key)

Friend Function GetCaptcha(ByVal recaptcha_public_key As String) As String()
        ' Variables
        Dim CaptchaImageURL As String
        Dim URL As String
        Dim Content As String
        ' Load Challenge URL
        URL = "http://api.recaptcha.net/challenge?k=" & recaptcha_public_key
        Try
            Content = Get_URL(URL)
        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw New Exception("Failed To Load Recaptcha Challenge URL: " & ex.Message)
        End Try
        ' Scrape Challenge Key
        Dim ChallengeKey As String = GetBetween(Content, "challenge : '", "'")
        ' Confirm ChallengeKey Exists
        If ChallengeKey = Nothing Then
            Throw New Exception("Failed To Scrape Challenge Key, Unknown Issue")
        End If
        ' Form Captcha Image URL
        CaptchaImageURL = "http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/image?c=" & ChallengeKey
        ' Form Array
        Dim Keys() As String = {CaptchaImageURL, ChallengeKey}
        ' Return Captcha Image URL
        Return Keys
    End Function

Note that you should use your own HTTP process for the GetURL & keep the cookies for the process.
 
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