Re: [GMG-Devel] reCAPTCHA plugin

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Gabi Sarkis writes:

> Hi,
>
> I created a plugin to reduce the amount of spam accounts created on a
> mediagoblin instance by adding a Google reCAPTCHA to the registration form:
>
> https://github.com/gsarkis/mediagoblin-recaptcha2
>
> This plugin is simpler than the one in
> https://issues.mediagoblin.org/ticket/1086 because it only replaces the
> registration form, not the authentication system. I only tested it with
> basic_auth. reCAPTCHA display and processing is handled by
> wtforms-recaptcha.
>
> There's a quirk though: the plugin must be enabled before basic_auth in
> mediagoblin_local.ini.
>
> Eventually, I'd like to add reCAPTCHA 2.0 support.
>
> Gabi

Thank you!

I still would like to get some more CAPTCHA / anti-spam stuff into
MediaGoblin proper.  It hasn't left my radar.  I'm not the biggest fan
of reCAPTCHA but I'm glad community members are working on plugins to
keep things sane in the meanwhile.

 - Chris