Captcha sometimes required on IMDB login causing the script to fail

[RileyXX]

Problem

IMDB may require a captcha on login. If you see "Not signed in" appear in the script then the script will fail and the captcha is likely to be the cause.

Workaround:

To fix this, simply login to IMDB website in your browser, preferably Chrome and from the same computer. If logged in, logout, and log back in. It may ask you to fill in a captcha, complete it and finish logging in. After logging in successfully on your browser run the script again and it should work. You may need to repeat this step once or twice if it still gives you issues.

Manual Solution:

• There is a manual method you can try by editing IMDBTraktSyncer.py file in a text editor (located in your main script install directory). Add a # before the line options.add_argument("--headless=new") like this #options.add_argument("--headless=new") and then save the file and run the script again. When the script runs you will be able to see exactly what's the script is doing and fill in the captcha manually if necessary. If this works and the captcha is no longer triggered you can remove the # and run the script again like normal.

Possible Development:

• Add a captcha solver into the script. Edit: Tried this option and failed. Gif image type not supported for this captcha solver.
• Use a 1 time manual login and store cookie method for later use. Note this was tested and ratings would not submit. Further testing required.

Planned for future update.

[DelaryHap]

Hello, I had that issue and thought it was a Captcha issue. Turns out the script asks for my username, when it actually should ask for my email address. Replacing my username for my email address in credentials.txt fixed the issue for me. Just wanted to point that out. Thank you for the work!

[androidghosh]

Turns out the script asks for my username, when it actually should ask for my email address.

Thanks a lot, the script should be updated to say just that. Was stuck for about 1 hour after I decided to check github issues

[RileyXX]

Hello, I had that issue and thought it was a Captcha issue. Turns out the script asks for my username, when it actually should ask for my email address. Replacing my username for my email address in credentials.txt fixed the issue for me. Just wanted to point that out. Thank you for the work!

Thank you very much for pointing this out. You are correct the imdb_username field should be your email or phone number used for logging into IMDB. I made a change in v1.9.3 which should clarify this when setting up for the first time.