beachwood 5 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 HiI build auto posting bots for Backpage and have never has any difficulties until now. What is happening is when it cycles through the posting process it clicks "submit" which takes it to the review ad/captcha page but now for some reason the captcha box doesn't show up, but when I do it manually it shows up like it is supposed to. Also when I hit the refresh button in ubot it shows up? I have done everything I know to do like lengthening the wait but something tells me that isn't it. To me it's almost like Backpage know I am using a bot? Any ideas on what is going on and if there is a work around? Like a "refresh page" command?Thanks in advance, you guys always hook me up when I am in need of a solution to a problem.Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
luis carlos 94 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 To refresh the page: navigate-$URL Change the refer and the user agent. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
automaton 2 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I have been having the exact same problem...except it is not always just the bot, does it manually too. Have never had this issue before Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrwalt 34 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I guess BackPage is starting to turn into Craigslist where they start making changes to make it difficult for software developers to automate their site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beachwood 5 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Thanks everyone for the help but none of this worked although theoretically they should have. It is very weird when I by "hand" refresh the page the captcha box appears but when I command a refresh via ubot with navigate-$URL it goes to the page it would have previousely been on had I been posting manually. My bots have worked flawlessly for over a year and now they are dead in the water.I will figure this out! I am determined but clueless as of now on how to fix this.Thanks again for the help and insight. This forum rules!Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zonfar 1 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'm having the exact same problem, and similar issues with other sites too.. When I manually click things will work normally, but automation through ubot appears to work but really isnt. Very odd, wish I knew a way to get around this! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piginapoke 0 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Me too, any suggestions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
automaton 2 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 anyone hear any more on this, or find a solution? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bot-Factory 602 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 I just gave it a very quick try: set user agent("Internet Explorer 6")clear cookiesnavigate("http://posting.bath.backpage.com/online/classifieds/PostAdPPI.html/bth/posting.bath.backpage.com/?superRegion=Bath&u=bth&serverName=bath.backpage.com§ion=4378&category=5431", "Wait")wait for element(<innertext="Step 1: Write Ad required fields are highlighted ">, "", "Appear")type text(<name="title">, "asdasdasd", "Standard")type text(<name="ad">, "sdfsdfsdfdsf", "Standard")type text($element offset(<email field>, 0), "hanuashd@gmail.com", "Standard")type text($element offset(<email field>, 1), "hanuashd@gmail.com", "Standard")click(<id="submit_button">, "Left Click", "No") The captcha is loading fine for me. Proxies could be a problem! The captcha image is loading from a different site. And they might block the proxy IP. But besides that, I have no additional idea without seeing the code of the site. Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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