Introduction of Capy CAPTCHA

1. Display and Verification

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  1. A site visitor requests the page that includes Capy CAPTCHA.
  2. Requested page containing JavaScript for Capy CAPTCHA is sent.
  3. A site visitor’s browser requests Capy CAPTCHA from the Capy Server.
  4. Requested Capy CAPTCHA images are sent to the site visitor.
  5. Data is POSTED to your website. The data includes POST data and the Capy CAPTCHA user’s response.
  6. Your website sends Capy CAPTCHA info and site visitor’s user response to the Capy server.
  7. Capy server replies to the verification request and sends the result to your website.
  8. Your website receives the CAPTCHA answer thus allowing for the next step to proceed.

2. Registration and Login

Capy is currently invitation only. Please request an invitation.
Sign up

Or please login.
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3. Generating JavaScript Code for CAPTCHA

Please select and copy one of the JavaScript codes from a CAPTCHA List. If you don’t see any code, click “add” to create one.

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4. Displaying Capy CAPTCHA

Paste the JavaScript code where you want to display the CAPTCHA.

The code appears as Capy CAPTCHA. The code can be placed just above the ‘submit’ or ‘sign in’ button.

5. Obtaining the Site Visitor’s Result

POST data will be transferred by a site visitor’s browser to site owner’s server.

Site owner must send ‘capy_captchakey’ and ‘capy_answer’ in POST data to the Capy server.

6. API Key and Verification

An API key verifies the CAPTCHA result. An API key can be obtained from Account Information.

7. Verifying a CAPTCHA Answer

You can verify the CAPTCHA result from the site visitor. Please POST the following 4 data to the URLs to request the verification.

URL for Puzzle CAPTCHA

https://jp.api.capy.me/puzzle/verify

URL for Text CAPTCHA

https://jp.api.capy.me/gimpy/verify
Key Description Example
capy_challengekey A key for CAPTCHA. Capy server checks this to identify the CAPTCHA. CHALLENGE_sampleLHEwkZTvxwN6yar7evhSmAFM
capy_privatekey A key for site owners. This key identifies site owners. KEY_sampleYdpqbb9CWvMk3665FYmmoisW
capy_answer Coordinate data of the answer set. If the answer is correct, a Capy server returns true. 10,20,30,40,

8. After Verification

Capy server returns one of the following values. In the first line, you can get the following return values. The first line contains true or false. The second line contains error code.

Result Value Description
Success true
success		 Correct answer
Failure false
incorrect-answer		 Wrong answer
false
invalid-request-method		 Sent data is not POST format.
false
invalid-post-parameters		 POST parameter is wrong. POST capy_challengekey, capy_privatekey, capy_answer, and capy_ip_address.
false
invalid-private-key		 Your API key is invalid.
false
invalid-challenge-key		 capy_challengekey in POST data is invalid.
false
invalid-capcha-key		 capy_captchakey in POST data is invalid.
false
is-not-active		 The CAPTCHA has been already solved by the same IP address holder at the same time.
false
invalid-onetime-captcha		 When using onetime CAPTCHA, the given username is different from the previous one or the cookie data is incorrect.
false
unknown-error		 Unexpected error happened.