🤖Reese84
This article describes how to use our reese84 sensor API.
Bypassing the Incapsula reese84 Challenge
Some websites protected by Incapsula (now Imperva) require solving the reese84 challenge before granting access. This page explains how to detect when this challenge is active and how to solve it using our API.
🛑 Do You Need to Solve the reese84 Challenge?
If you're trying to access a site protected by Incapsula, you may be blocked by a page like this:
Pardon Our Interruption Your request was blocked as part of a security challenge. This usually happens when the site thinks your behavior may resemble that of a bot.
Here's a simplified version of the block page:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<noscript><title>Pardon Our Interruption</title></noscript>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=1000">
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate">
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0">
<style>
.container { max-width: 800px; margin: auto; font-family: sans-serif; color: #7a838c; }
h1 { color: #2a2d30; font-weight: 500; }
li { margin-bottom: 10px; }
a { color: #428bca; }
a:hover { color: #2a6496; }
</style>
<script>
var isSpa = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('X-SPA') === '1' || window.isImpervaSpaSupport;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Interruption message content -->
</body>
</html>🔍 Finding the reese84 Endpoint
Inside the block page, look for a script tag dynamically injected by the site. It often looks like this:
In this example, taken from https://www.pokemoncenter.com, the challenge endpoint is:
🚀 Solving reese84 with Our API
Once you've extracted the challenge endpoint, you can request a solution from our API. Submit the full challenge URL, and we will return a response containing a solution. Submit this solution to the Incapsula endpoint and in return you will get a token . The token is the reese84 cookie you need to add to your cokie jar.
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