# Getting Started

In this section you can learn how to send captchas to 3xCaptcha service and methods for recognizing them.

To solve a captcha, you need:

  1. Create captcha task via createTask method which will return task ID.
  2. Wait for a while. Depending on the system load, you will receive an answer after a time in the range from 300ms to 6s.
  3. Request captcha solution with getTaskResult . If captchas are not solved yet, go to step #2.

Additional method:
check account balance.