Tag Archive for 'yahoo'

<?php
//This script pulls CAPTCHAs URL from $urlYahoo, then gets the CAPTCHA and saves them to folder $saveYahoo from the range $startImage to $endImage.
$urlYahoo = "https://edit.yahoo.com/reg_json?PartnerName=yahoo_default&amp;RequestVersion=1&amp;ApiName=GetCaptcha&amp;3841320";
$saveYahoo = "yahoo/";
$startImage = 0;
$endImage = 999;
 
//These two lines force the output to be constantly flushed and updated for the user. (ideally)
ob_implicit_flush(true);
ob_end_flush();
echo "Script Started.\n";
 
//Pull in the CAPTCHA image as a string with cURL, and save to a file. The curl extension must first be enabled in php.ini.
for ($i=$startImage;$<=$endImage;$i++) {
//First extract a unique URL for each CAPTCHA from the $urlYahoo.
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $urlYahoo."&amp;rand=".$i);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
//If you're having difficulties with SSL, this may need to be enabled.
//curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
//Enable this if you're having difficulties.
//echo "Error is: ".curl_error($ch);
curl_close($ch);
 
//Parse out the URL, and retrieve the CAPTCHA for it.
$resultArray = explode('"',$result);
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, stripslashes($resultArray[7]));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
//If you're having difficulties with SSL, this may need to be enabled.
//curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
$image = curl_exec($ch);
//Enable this if you're having difficulties.
//echo "Error is: ".curl_error($ch);
curl_close($ch);
 
//Save CAPTCHA to a file with the same name as $i.
if(!is_dir($saveYahoo)) mkdir($saveYahoo);
$fh = fopen($saveYahoo.$i.".jpg","w");
fwrite($fh,$image);
fclose($fh);
 
//Don't allow it to timeout.
set_time_limit(40);
//Output occasional progress.
if ($i%10 == 0) {
echo $i." CAPTCHA captured.\n";
flush();
}
}
 
echo "Script Complete.";
//-maluc
?>