Captcha

Captcha

Add Recaptcha package using composer

composer require greggilbert/recaptcha

Add recaptcha provider and facade on the configuration

nano config/app.php

    ...
    'providers' => [
        ...
        Greggilbert\Recaptcha\RecaptchaServiceProvider::class,
    ],
    ...
    'aliases' => [
        ...
        'Recaptcha' => Greggilbert\Recaptcha\Facades\Recaptcha::class,
    ],

Generate configuration file

php artisan vendor:publish

Add recaptcha validation on recommend article

nano app/Http/Requests/RecommendationRequest.php

...
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'email' => 'required|email',
            'g-recaptcha-response' => 'required|recaptcha'
        ];
    }
...

Add recaptcha to recommendation view

nano resources/views/recommendations/create.blade.php

...
{!! Form::open(['route' => ['articles.recommendations.store', $article->id]]) !!}
    <div class='form-group'>
        {!! Form::label('email', 'Email:') !!}
        {!! Form::text('email', null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
    </div>
    {!! Recaptcha::render() !!}
    {!! Form::submit('Send Recommendation', ['class' => 'btn btn-primary']) !!}
{!! Form::close() !!}
...

Add recaptcha keys to environment variables

nano .env

...
RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY=YourCaptchaPublicKey
RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY=YourCaptchaPrivateKey

Run the server

php artisan serve

Run the redis server

redis-server

Run queue listen

php artisan queue:listen

Recommend a article (Check if this article exists in your database)

open http://localhost:8000/articles/1/recommendations/create

Check your e-mail or if you configure to pretend send mail you can check the log

tail storage/logs/laravel.log

Add Recaptcha to Git

git add .
git commit -m "Add recaptcha"

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