Mechanize users - Jan 2011 - how to get captcha image with mechanize ?

Hey, how to get captcha image with mechanize ? the image is not a  
static picture, it''s a stream, a text-model.
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Alex,

The whole point of CAPTCHA is to prevent bots from completing forms.  
Mechanize can''t do them. You''ll have to try something else.

Matt White

On Jan 18, 2011 12:37am, Alex <blackanger.z at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey, how to get captcha image with mechanize ? the image is not a static  
> picture, it''s a stream, a text-model.
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Alex,

You can use mechanize to get the CAPTCHA image (see Mechanize::Page#images),
but you will have to present the image to a user (or another program, not
related to mechanize or this mailing list).

If the CAPTCHA is in a "copy-and-paste-able" textbox (which I think is
what
you mean by "not a static picture, it''s a stream, a
text-model"), you can
use Mechanize::Page#forms and Mechanize::Form#texts or Mechanize::Form#[] to
get the text value.

Ben Manns

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:36 AM, <mattw922 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alex,
>
> The whole point of CAPTCHA is to prevent bots from completing forms.
> Mechanize can''t do them. You''ll have to try something
else.
>
> Matt White
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2011 12:37am, Alex <blackanger.z at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey, how to get captcha image with mechanize ? the image is not a
static
> picture, it''s a stream, a text-model.
> >
>
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