PixivUtil2: Server reply: {u'captcha': u'The characters do not match.'}

Prerequisites

[ x] Did you read FAQ section?
[ x] Did you test with the latest releases or commit ?

Description

I tried to login using but it keeps giving me an error about characters not matching. It returned as this: Server reply: {u’captcha’: u’The characters do not match.'}. I changed my password to make sure but the same error returns every time. I even tried to put in my information under the config file, but same error. I also made another account to see, but nothing worked.

Steps to Reproduce

Enter your login information.

Expected behavior: [What you expected to happen] I should’ve logged in.

Actual behavior: [What actually happened] The program cannot access my account.

Versions

Latest.

You can get this information from executing PixivUtil2.py --help.

About this issue

Original URL
State: open
Created 5 years ago
Comments: 22 (7 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

add message for #505 — committed to Nandaka/PixivUtil2 by Nandaka 5 years ago
update #505 — committed to Nandaka/PixivUtil2 by Nandaka 5 years ago
add message for #505 — committed to byjtje/PixivUtil2 by Nandaka 5 years ago
update #505 — committed to byjtje/PixivUtil2 by Nandaka 5 years ago

Most upvoted comments

@dolco2

      - Copy your session values from browser:
        1. Open Firefox.
        2. Go to Pixiv website and login.
        3. Right click the page and select View Page Info.
        4. Click the Security tab.
        5. Click the View Cookies button.
        6. Look for Cookie named = PHPSESSID.
        7. Copy the content value and save it to the config.ini in the Authentication section.

+21

Nandaka on Jul 11, 2019

Using Chrome Dev Tools

Login to pixiv.
press F12, select the application tab -> Storage -> Cookies
Select pixiv.net, copy the value of PHPSESSID

+14

Nandaka on Jul 31, 2019

Same issue here- the suggested workaround allowed the app to bypass the captcha, but if Pixiv’s authentication is getting wise to this app, it might be good to have some way to present the captcha to the user instead of having the login fail outright.

For others with this issue, the specific cookie you need to copy is PHPSESSID for pixiv.net (not the www site, just bare pixiv.net) and it appears to have a 1 month expiry, so you’ll be doing this again in about four weeks.

NonaSuomi on Jun 27, 2019

ummm why i can’t see my cookies I’ve been looking for 20 minutes to found nothing

rafissia on Jul 31, 2019