vk – Tarik Billa

Vkontakte API using OAuth does not work with Captcha

September 14, 2023 by Tarik

Captcha error Error code: 14 Error text: Captcha needed and captcha confirmation is required, when: action (e.g. sending a message) is performed too frequently, an API request may return “Captcha needed” error. After that a user needs to enter a code from the image and resend a request with a Captcha code input in the … Read more

Curl error 60, SSL certificate issue: self signed certificate in certificate chain

January 7, 2023 by Tarik

Answers suggesting to disable CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER should not be accepted. The question is “Why doesn’t it work with cURL”, and as correctly pointed out by Martijn Hols, it is dangerous. The error is probably caused by not having an up-to-date bundle of CA root certificates. This is typically a text file with a bunch of cryptographic … Read more