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yc smartcaptcha v0 captcha update

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Updated at May 20, 2026

Update the specified captcha

Command UsageCommand Usage

Syntax:

yc smartcaptcha captcha update <CAPTCHA-NAME>|<CAPTCHA-ID> [Flags...] [Global Flags...]

FlagsFlags

Flag

Description

--id

string

Captcha id.

--name

string

Captcha name.

--async

Display information about the operation in progress, without waiting for the operation to complete.

--new-name

string

A new name of the captcha.

--labels

key=value[,key=value...]

A list of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add. For example, to add two labels named 'foo' and 'bar', both with the value 'baz', use '--labels foo=baz,bar=baz'.

--complexity

string

Captcha complexity.

  • 'MEDIUM': Used by default. Medium chance to pass pre-check and normal advanced challenge.
  • 'EASY': High chance to pass pre-check and easy advanced challenge.
  • 'HARD': Little chance to pass pre-check and hard advanced challenge.
  • 'FORCE_HARD': Impossible to pass pre-check and hard advanced challenge.

--style-json

string

JSON with variables to define the captcha appearance. For more details see generated JSON in cloud console.

--pre-check-type

string

Basic check type of the captcha.

  • 'CHECKBOX': Used by default. User must click the "I am not a robot" button.
  • 'SLIDER': User must move the slider from left to right.

--challenge-type

string

Additional task.

  • 'IMAGE_TEXT': Used by default. Text recognition: The user has to type a distorted text from the picture into a special field.
  • 'SILHOUETTES': Silhouettes: The user has to mark several icons from the picture in a particular order.
  • 'KALEIDOSCOPE': Kaleidoscope: The user has to build a picture from individual parts by shuffling them using a slider.

--allowed-site

value[,value]

List of allowed host names.

--turn-off-hostname-check

Turn off host name check.

--security-rules-file

string

Path to a text file that contains security rules array in YAML format. Content example:

  • name: rule1
    priority: "11"
    description: My first security rule. This rule it's just example to show possibilities of configuration.
    override_variant_uuid: variant-1
    condition:
    host:
    hosts:
    - exact_match: example.com
    - exact_match: example.net
    uri:
    path:
    prefix_match: /form
    queries:
    - key: firstname
    value:
    pire_regex_match: .ivan.
    - key: lastname
    value:
    pire_regex_not_match: .petr.
    headers:
    - name: User-Agent
    value:
    pire_regex_match: .curl.
    - name: Referer
    value:
    pire_regex_not_match: .bot.
    source_ip:
    ip_ranges_match:
    ip_ranges:
    - 1.2.33.44
    - 2.3.4.56
    ip_ranges_not_match:
    ip_ranges:
    - 8.8.0.0/16
    - 10::1234:1abc:1/64
    geo_ip_match:
    locations:
    - ru
    - es
    geo_ip_not_match:
    locations:
    - us
    - fm
    - gb
  • name: rule2
    priority: "12"
    override_variant_uuid: variant-2
    condition:
    uri:
    path:
    prefix_match: /form

--override-variants-file

string

Path to a text file that contains variants array in YAML format. Content example:

  • uuid: variant-1
    description: override variant 1
    complexity: EASY
    pre_check_type: CHECKBOX
    challenge_type: SILHOUETTES
  • uuid: variant-2
    description: override variant 2
    complexity: HARD
    pre_check_type: CHECKBOX
    challenge_type: KALEIDOSCOPE

Global FlagsGlobal Flags

Flag

Description

--profile

string

Set the custom configuration file.

--debug

Debug logging.

--debug-grpc

Debug gRPC logging. Very verbose, used for debugging connection problems.

--no-user-output

Disable printing user intended output to stderr.

--retry

int

Enable gRPC retries. By default, retries are enabled with maximum 5 attempts.
Pass 0 to disable retries. Pass any negative value for infinite retries.
Even infinite retries are capped with 2 minutes timeout.

--cloud-id

string

Set the ID of the cloud to use.

--folder-id

string

Set the ID of the folder to use.

--folder-name

string

Set the name of the folder to use (will be resolved to id).

--endpoint

string

Set the Cloud API endpoint (host:port).

--token

string

Set the OAuth token to use.

--impersonate-service-account-id

string

Set the ID of the service account to impersonate.

--no-browser

Disable opening browser for authentication.

--format

string

Set the output format: text (default), yaml, json, json-rest.

--jq

string

Query to select values from the response using jq syntax

-h, --help

Display help for the command.

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