Captcha Solver with python

captcha_solver.py

from PIL import Image
from scipy.ndimage import gaussian_filter
import numpy
import pytesseract
from PIL import ImageFilter

def solve_captcha(filename):
    # thresold1 on the first stage
    th1 = 140
    th2 = 140  # threshold after blurring
    sig = 1.5  # the blurring sigma
    from scipy import ndimage

    original = Image.open(filename)
    original.save("original.png")  # reading the image from the request
    black_and_white = original.convert("L")  # converting to black and white
    black_and_white.save("black_and_white.png")
    first_threshold = black_and_white.point(lambda p: p > th1 and 255)
    first_threshold.save("first_threshold.png")
    blur = numpy.array(first_threshold)  # create an image array
    blurred = gaussian_filter(blur, sigma=sig)
    blurred = Image.fromarray(blurred)
    blurred.save("blurred.png")
    final = blurred.point(lambda p: p > th2 and 255)
    final = final.filter(ImageFilter.EDGE_ENHANCE_MORE)
    final = final.filter(ImageFilter.SHARPEN)
    final.save("final.png")
    number = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open('final.png'), lang='eng',
                                         config='--psm 10 --oem 3 -c tessedit_char_whitelist=0123456789').strip()

    print("RESULT OF CAPTCHA:")
    print(number)
    print("===================")
    return number