= reCAPTCHA

Author::    Jason L Perry (http://ambethia.com)
Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2007 Jason L Perry
License::   {MIT}[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT/]
Info::      http://ambethia.com/recaptcha
Git::       http://github.com/ambethia/recaptcha/tree/master
Bugs::      http://github.com/ambethia/recaptcha/issues

This plugin adds helpers for the {reCAPTCHA API}[http://recaptcha.net]. In your
views you can use the +recaptcha_tags+ method to embed the needed javascript,
and you can validate in your controllers with +verify_recaptcha+.

Beforehand you need to configure Recaptcha with your custom private and public
key. You may find detailed examples below. Exceptions will be raised if you
call these methods and the keys can't be found.

== About this fork

This fork tries to introduces a more convenient way to configure recaptcha's
settings. The API will be inspired by {Thoughtbot's
Hoptoad}[http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/344833329/mygem-configure-block].

== Rails Installation

reCAPTCHA for Rails can be installed as a gem:

  config.gem "recaptcha", :lib => "recaptcha/rails"

Or, as a standard rails plugin:

  script/plugin install git://github.com/ambethia/recaptcha.git

== Merb Installation

reCAPTCHA can also be used in a Merb application when installed as a gem:

  dependency "alm-recaptcha", ">=0.2.2.1", :require_as => "recaptcha/merb"

Initial Merb compatability funded by ALM Labs.

== Setting up your API Keys

There are multiple ways to setup your reCAPTCHA API key once you
{obtain}[http://recaptcha.net/whyrecaptcha.html] a pair.

=== Recaptcha.configure

You may use the block style configuration. The following code could be placed
into a +config/initializers/recaptcha.rb+ when used in a Rails project.

  Recaptcha.configure do |config|
    config.public_key  = '6Lc6BAAAAAAAAChqRbQZcn_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'
    config.private_key = '6Lc6BAAAAAAAAKN3DRm6VA_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
  end

This way, you may also set additional options to fit recaptcha into your
deployment environment.

=== Shell environment

Or, you can keep your keys out of your code base by exporting the following
environment variables. You might do this in the .profile/rc, or equivalent for
the user running your application:

  export RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY  = '6Lc6BAAAAAAAAChqRbQZcn_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'
  export RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = '6Lc6BAAAAAAAAKN3DRm6VA_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

=== Per call

You can also pass in your keys as options at runtime, for example:

  recaptcha_tags :public_key => '6Lc6BAAAAAAAAChqRbQZcn_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'

and later,

  verify_recaptcha :private_key => '6Lc6BAAAAAAAAKN3DRm6VA_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

This option might be useful, if the same code base is used for multiple
reCAPTCHA setups.

== +recaptcha_tags+

Some of the options available:

<tt>:ssl</tt>::         Uses secure http for captcha widget (default +false+)
<tt>:noscript</tt>::    Include <noscript> content (default +true+)
<tt>:display</tt>::     Takes a hash containing the +theme+ and +tabindex+ options per the API. (default +nil+)
<tt>:ajax</tt>::        Render the dynamic AJAX captcha per the API. (default +false+)
<tt>:public_key</tt>::  Your public API key, takes precedence over the ENV variable (default +nil+)
<tt>:error</tt>::       Override the error code returned from the reCAPTCHA API (default +nil+)

You can also override the html attributes for the sizes of the generated +textarea+ and +iframe+
elements, if CSS isn't your thing. Inspect the source of +recaptcha_tags+ to see these options.

== +verify_recaptcha+

This method returns +true+ or +false+ after processing the parameters from the reCAPTCHA widget. Why
isn't this a model validation? Because that violates MVC. Use can use it like this, or how ever you
like. Passing in the ActiveRecord object is optional, if you do--and the captcha fails to verify--an
error will be added to the object for you to use.

Some of the options available:

<tt>:model</tt>::       Model to set errors
<tt>:attribute</tt>::   Model attribute to receive errors (default :base)
<tt>:message</tt>::     Custom error message
<tt>:private_key</tt>:: Your private API key, takes precedence over the ENV variable (default +nil+).
<tt>:timeout</tt>::     The number of seconds to wait for reCAPTCHA servers before give up. (default +3+)

  respond_to do |format|
    if verify_recaptcha(:model => @post, :message => "Oh! It's error with reCAPTCHA!") && @post.save
      # ...
    else
      # ...
    end
  end

== TODO
* Remove Rails/ActionController dependencies
* Framework agnostic
* Add some helpers to use in before_filter and what not
* Better documentation