Deleting a CAPTCHA

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1. See the description of the CLI command for deleting a CAPTCHA:

   yc smartcaptcha captcha delete --help
   

2. Getting a list of available CAPTCHAs:

   yc smartcaptcha captcha list
   

   Result:

   +----------------------+---------+---------------------+------------+----------------+----------------+-------------+
   |          ID          |  NAME   |       CREATED       | COMPLEXITY | PRE-CHECK TYPE | CHALLENGE TYPE | RULES COUNT |
   +----------------------+---------+---------------------+------------+----------------+----------------+-------------+
   | bpne29ifsca8******** | test    | 2025-02-24 17:16:13 | MEDIUM     | CHECKBOX       | IMAGE_TEXT     |           0 |
   | bpnm7lhokq2t******** | prod    | 2025-02-26 09:12:02 | MEDIUM     | CHECKBOX       | IMAGE_TEXT     |           0 |
   | bpn43btuo4g9******** | website | 2025-02-26 09:12:42 | MEDIUM     | CHECKBOX       | IMAGE_TEXT     |           0 |
   +----------------------+---------+---------------------+------------+----------------+----------------+-------------+
   

3. Delete the CAPTCHA by running the CLI command with its name or ID specified:

   yc smartcaptcha captcha delete <CAPTCHA_name_or_ID>
   

   Result:

   id: bpnd6cm6qpr5********
   folder_id: b1g0ijbfaqsn********
   cloud_id: b1gia87mbaom********
   client_key: ysc1_2lla0Yn6dhlnEaTv2QNg2BhuA8Nqlyk4L7pZk3dz********
   created_at: "2025-03-02T21:38:48.830498Z"
   name: my-first-captcha
   allowed_sites:
     - exmaple.ru
     - exmaple.kz
   complexity: MEDIUM
   style_json: '{"focus-color":"rgb(250, 192, 0)","base-background-color":"#fff"}'
   turn_off_hostname_check: true
   pre_check_type: CHECKBOX
   challenge_type: IMAGE_TEXT
   security_rules:
     - name: rule1
       priority: "11"
       description: My first security rule.
       condition:
         host:
           hosts:
             - exact_match: example.com
             - exact_match: example.net
       override_variant_uuid: variant-1
     - name: rule2
       priority: "12"
       condition:
         source_ip:
         geo_ip_match:
           locations:
             - ru
             - kz
       override_variant_uuid: variant-2
   override_variants:
     - 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: SLIDER
       challenge_type: KALEIDOSCOPE
   

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the relevant documentation on the Terraform website or its mirror.

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To delete a CAPTCHA created with Terraform:

1. Open the Terraform configuration file and delete the section describing the yandex_smartcaptcha_captcha resource:

   Terraform CAPTCHA configuration example

   resource "yandex_smartcaptcha_captcha" "<captcha_name>" {
     name                    = "<captcha_name>"
     turn_off_hostname_check = True
     complexity              = "<challenge_difficulty>"
     pre_check_type          = "<main_challenge_type>"
     challenge_type          = "<additional_challenge_type>"
   
     style_json = jsonencode({
       light    = jsonencode(<json_object>)
       dark = jsonencode(<json_object>)
     })
   
     allowed_sites = [
       "<first_host>",
       "<second_host>"
     ]
   
     # First challenge variant
     override_variant {
       uuid        = "<variant_1_ID>"
       description = "<option_1_description>"
   
       complexity     = "<challenge_difficulty>"
       pre_check_type = "<main_challenge>"
       challenge_type = "<additional_challenge>"
     }
   
     # Second challenge variant 
     override_variant {
       uuid        = "<variant_2_ID"
       description = "<variant_2_description>"
   
       complexity     = "<challenge_difficulty>"
       pre_check_type = "<main_challenge>"
       challenge_type = "<additional_challenge>"
     }
   
     # First rule
     security_rule {
       name                  = "<rule_1_name>"
       priority              = <rule_1_priority>
       description           = "<rule_1_description>"
       override_variant_uuid = "<challenge_variant_ID>"
   
       condition {
         host {
           hosts {
             exact_match = "example.com"
           }
           hosts {
             exact_match = "example.net"
           }
         }
       }
     }
   
     # Second rule
     security_rule {
       name                  = "<rule_2_name>"
       priority              = <rule_2_priority>
       description           = "<rule_2_description>"
       override_variant_uuid = "<challenge_variant_ID>"
   
       condition {
         source_ip {
           geo_ip_match {
             locations = ["ru", "kz"]
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }
   

2. Apply the changes:

   1. In the terminal, navigate to the configuration file directory.

   2. Make sure the configuration is correct using this command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is valid, you will get this message:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      

   3. Run this command:

      terraform plan
      

      You will see a list of resources and their properties. No changes will be made at this step. Terraform will show any errors in the configuration.

   4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      

   5. Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.

   You can verify that the resources have been deleted in the management console or using this CLI command:

   yc smartcaptcha captcha list
   

To delete a CAPTCHA, use the delete REST API method for the Captcha resource or the Captcha/Delete gRPC API call.