reCAPTCHA headache

rubyonrails-talk
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I'm trying to use this (http://ambethia.com/recaptcha/) reCAPTCHA plugin and have almost got it working. Help me get the last part? I can't seem to find anything in the logs that indicate an error.

Here is my code. Everything is working good except that part where the code that's typed is actually validated. Instead, it keeps kicking back an error. Everything appears to be installed correctly, since the reCAPTCHA box is showing up; it's just not letting my form save even though the words are typed correctly.

new.html.erb: ... <%= recaptcha_tags %>   <br />   <%= f.submit 'Submit Your Job' %> <% end %>

jobs_controller.rb: def create     @job = Job.new(params[:job])

    respond_to do |format|         if verify_recaptcha       @job.save         flash[:notice] = 'You job listing was successfully created.'         format.html { redirect_to(@job) }         format.xml { render :xml => @job, :status => :created, :location => @job }       else         flash[:notice] = 'There was an error with the reCAPTCHA, please try again.'         format.html { render :action => "new" }         format.xml { render :xml => @job.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }       end     end   end

Thanx in advance,

Eric

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Is it throwing some kind of rails error or is the reCAPTCHA not accepting a correct answer?

3

You may want to try this one as an alternative:

http://expressica.com/simple_captcha/

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Hi Sean, thanks for writing.

The only error I get is that the words typed were incorrect and that I need to try again. But the words are correct; it's not accepting the words that are typed.

Eric

5

That doesn't look bad, but I'd love to find something that doesn't use RMagick.

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It must be something related to your installation of the plugin. It is hard to say with the available information you provided what is going on. Have you properly installed the keys? Here is an application that uses recaptcha. You can use it as a reference I suppose.

http://www.opensourcerails.com/projects/282124-Rails-Dev-Directory

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Eric,

I have it going using the validation syntax recommended in the RDoc:

if verify_recaptcha(:model => @job) && @job.save ...

When I tried using an if/else for the validation, a mismatch threw an error.

-Kyle

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Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that reCAPTCHA information was not being submitted with the form. Form elements were aligned in a table (I know, I know...but it usually works so well...). Removing the table caused reCAPTCHA information to be submitted with the rest of the form. There must be a reference that the iframe couldn't make when it was wrapped in its own <td> tags.

-Kyle

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Kyle wrote:

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that reCAPTCHA information was not being submitted with the form. Form elements were aligned in a table (I know, I know...but it usually works so well...).

And now the lecture: don't use tables for alignment under any circumstances. They are *only* for tabular data. Break this rule at your peril. Instead of being apologetic, just *don't do* things you want to apologize for.

Removing the table caused reCAPTCHA information to be submitted with the rest of the form. There must be a reference that the iframe couldn't make when it was wrapped in its own <td> tags.

-Kyle

Best,