ongraphpythondev / recaptcha

reCaptcha

reCaptcha provides additional security to websites to protect the website to be used by bots.

django-recaptcha supports Google reCAPTCHA V2 - Checkbox (Default), Google reCAPTCHA V2 - Invisible and Google reCAPTCHA V3.

This application uses Google reCAPTCHA V2.

Prerequisites:

You will need the following programmes properly installed on your computer.

• Python 3.6+
• Virtual Environment

To install virtual environment on your system use:

pip install virtualenv

or

pip3 install virtualenv #if using linux(for python 3 and above)

• ReCaptcha Public Key
• ReCaptcha Private Key

To get the message application to work you would need to register your website on google recaptcha to get a private and a public key for your application.

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/ongraphpythondev/recaptcha.git

cd recaptcha

virtualenv venv
      or
virtualenv venv -p python3 #if using linux(for python 3 and above)

venv\Scripts\activate # for windows
      or
source venv/bin/activate # for linux

# install required packages for the project to run
pip install -r requirements.txt

In Project directory's recaptcha/settings.py file you would need to change

RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY = '<your ReCaptcha public key>'
RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = '<your ReCaptcha private key>'

Running:

To run the development server after installation:

# activate the virtual environment
venv\Scripts\activate # for windows
      or
source venv/bin/activate # for linux

# run server
python manage.py runserver