Re: How do I get around a captcha challenge?

On 8/9/25 10:37 PM, Dan Fandrich via curl-users wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 10:12:21PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via curl-users wrote:
>> How do I get around the CAPTCHA challenge on this web site?
>>
>> https://www.eset.com/us/home/internet-security/#download-manually
> 
> I'm not seeing a CAPTCHA on that site. Downloading the direct URL works
> with curl for me. If you're seeing a CAPTCHA, then the site probably doesn't
> like the IP address or browser you're on or for whatever reason doesn't want to
> allow a scripted download. And if there were an easy way to bypass that CAPTCHA
> when it appears, then the whole purpose of putting a CAPTCHA in the download
> flow has failed.
> 
> Dan


Now this is interesting.   I can run it from the command line

curl https://www.eset.com/us/home/internet-security/#download-manually 
--output eraseme2.html

and no problem.


But if I call it from my Raku curl module:

    my Str $WebSite     = "--connect-timeout " ~ %MaxTime<MaxTime1> ~ " 
https://www.eset.com/us/home/internet-security/download/#download-manually";

    ( $WebPage, $PageStatus ) = CurlGetWebSite( $WebSite );


Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I will try different user agent strings and see what happens.




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