Solving Captchas with Amazon Nova Act: A Developer’s Guide
This article introduces Amazon Nova Act, a generative AI-powered API designed to perform complex reasoning tasks. One potential use case is solving captchas such as reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha. The guide walks developers through account setup, environment preparation, and how to interact with the API to support automation workflows.
Published Apr 29, 2025
Captchas are a common defense mechanism used to differentiate between human users and bots. While essential for security, captchas can disrupt legitimate automation workflows such as web scraping, automated testing, and bulk account management.
To address this challenge, we can using Amazon Nova Act, a Generative AI-powered API capable of solving a variety of captchas - including reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha - efficiently and reliably. Nova Act empowers developers to maintain automation workflows without compromising ethical or security standards.
To begin using Nova Act:
- Visit the registration page: https://nova.amazon.com/act
- Sign up for a new account.
- Once registered, you'll be redirected to the Nova Act console (see image below).
- Generate an API key from the console and store it securely. You'll need it for API requests.
Open a terminal and run the following commands to set up your local project environment:
With your environment configured, you’re ready to interact with the Nova Act API.
Below is a simple Python script that sends a task to Nova Act:
Amazon Nova Act uses your task description to understand and solve the captcha using generative AI model.
It works 🚀☁️😎
Captcha Complexity: Nova Act performs well on most standard captchas, but extremely complex ones may still pose challenges.
Region Availability: As of now, Nova Act is only available in the US region.
For further reading, you can go to this link: Introducing Amazon Nova Act | Amazon AGI Labs