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florinb-b's avatar
florinb-b
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Login to dropbox using Playwright

When trying to login to my dropbox account using playwright (QA Automation Software) I'm prompted with this message: Your browser appears to be blocking dropboxcaptcha.com, which is required for authentication. To resolve this issue, please update any anti-virus or ad-blocking software settings to allow connections to dropboxcaptcha.com

Can I somehow bypass this or are there any dropbox sandbox accounts that do no trigger re-captcha calls? 

I need to do this in order to test the interaction between the app under test (an antivirus) and all kinds of file sharing apps like dropbox.

Thanks

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Hi florinb-b, currently there isn't a way to circumvent the captcha in order to login to the site.

     

    I'm sorry I can't be more helpful on this matter.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey florinb-b, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

     

    Can you please clarify if you're developing the mentioned software or if you've just connected it to your account?

     

    If you're using a particular browser, could you try another browser and let us know if you still get the same results?

     

    Keep us posted with any updates!

    • florinb-b's avatar
      florinb-b
      Explorer | Level 4

      Hi Walter, yes, the company for which I'm working is developing the said antivirus that I need to test.

      Using a browser without Playwright automation software on top of it will make Login work.

      So yes, the issue is that it's blocking me from creating automated tests for this flows.

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Hi florinb-b, currently there isn't a way to circumvent the captcha in order to login to the site.

         

        I'm sorry I can't be more helpful on this matter.

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