Google reCAPTCHA for React
npm install reaptcha





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A clean, modern and simple React wrapper for Google reCAPTCHA.
https://sarneeh.github.io/reaptcha/
I've been using other React wrappers for reCAPTCHA like react-recaptcha
or react-google-recaptcha but unfortunately both of them provide a
non-react way (declaring the callbacks outside React components, not inside them) to handle all the reCAPTCHA callbacks
which didn't feel clean and I didn't like this approach personally.
This is why I've decided to give it a try to create a cleaner approach and this is the result.
- All callbacks in your React component
- 100% test coverage
- Automatic reCAPTCHA script injection and cleanup
- Usable with multiple reCAPTCHA instances
- Full control over every reCAPTCHA instance
- reCAPTCHA instance methods with promises and clean error messages
- SSR ready
Just install the package with npm:
```
npm install --save reaptcha
or with yarn:
``
yarn add reaptcha
**IMPORTANT NOTE: Reaptcha injects reCAPTCHA script into DOM automatically by default. If you are doing it
manually, check out this description.**
First of all, you'll need a reCAPTCHA API key. To find out how to get it
To see how Reaptcha actually works, visit the example page.
If you'd also like to see the code for the example, it is
right here.
By default Reaptcha injects the reCAPTCHA script into your head DOM element and renders a I'm a robot captcha.
Here's a quick example how can you use Reaptcha to verify your form submission:
`jsx
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import Reaptcha from 'reaptcha';
class MyForm extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
verified: false
};
}
onVerify = recaptchaResponse => {
this.setState({
verified: true
});
};
render() {
return (
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In order to render
Reaptcha explicitly, you need to pass the explicit prop, store the reference to the instance and
call the renderExplicitly function manually.Caution! In order to prevent race-conditions, make sure you render the reCAPTCHA after the script successfuly loads.
To do that, pass a function the the
onLoad prop where you'll get informed that everything is ready to render.Here's an example:
`jsx
import React, { Fragment, Component } from 'react';
import Reaptcha from 'reaptcha';class MyForm extends Component {
constructor(props: Props) {
super(props);
this.captcha = null;
this.state = {
captchaReady: false
};
}
onLoad = () => {
this.setState({
captchaReady: true
});
};
onVerify = recaptchaResponse => {
// Do something
};
render() {
return (
ref={e => (this.captcha = e)}
sitekey="YOUR_API_KEY"
onLoad={this.onLoad}
onVerify={this.onVerify}
explicit
/>
onClick={() => {
this.captcha.renderExplicitly();
}}
disabled={this.state.recaptchaReady}
>
Render reCAPTCHA
);
}
}
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When you want to have an invisible reCAPTCHA, you'll have to
execute it manually (as user won't have any possibility
to do it). This can be done similarly to explicit rendering - saving the reference to the Reaptcha instance and call
the execute method on it.Additionally, invisible reCAPTCHA can be of course also rendered automatically or explicitly - this is your choice and
the reference how to do it is right above.
`jsx
import React, { Fragment, Component } from 'react';
import Reaptcha from 'reaptcha';class MyForm extends Component {
constructor(props: Props) {
super(props);
this.captcha = null;
}
onVerify = recaptchaResponse => {
// Do something
};
render() {
return (
ref={e => (this.captcha = e)}
sitekey="YOUR_API_KEY"
onVerify={this.onVerify}
size="invisible"
/>
onClick={() => {
this.captcha.execute();
}}
>
Execute reCAPTCHA
);
}
}
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You can also manually reset your reCAPTCHA instance. It's similar to executing it:
`jsx
ref={e => (this.captcha = e)}
sitekey="YOUR_API_KEY"
onVerify={recaptchaResponse => {
// Do something
}}
/>
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It's known that calling methods of a React component class is a really bad practice, but as we're doing something
uncommon to typical React components - it's the only method that popped in that actually is intuitive and React-ish.
So to get access to the methods, just save the reference to the component instance:
`jsx
(this.captcha = e)} />
`If you have an idea how to do this better, feel free to file an issue to discuss it!
Available and usable
Reaptcha instance methods:| Name | Returns | Description |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| renderExplicitly |
Promise | Renders the reCAPTCHA instance explicitly |
| reset | Promise | Resets the reCAPTCHA instance |
| execute | Promise | Executes the reCAPTCHA instance |
| getResponse | Promise | Returns the reCATPCHA response |$3
Using instance methods can be avoided by passing
children render function.`jsx
{({ renderExplicitly, reset, execute, recaptchaComponent }) => {
return (
{recaptchaComponent}
);
}}
`When passing
children render prop, you are responsible for rendering recaptchaComponent into the DOM.Customisation
Reaptcha allows to customize your reCAPTCHA instances with any available properties documented in the reCAPTCHA docs
for all of the types:| Name | Required | Type | Default | Description |
| --------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| id | :heavy_minus_sign: |
string | - | Id for the container element |
| className | :heavy_minus_sign: | string | 'g-recaptcha' | Classname for the container element |
| sitekey | :heavy_plus_sign: | string | - | Your reCAPTCHA API key |
| theme | :heavy_minus_sign: | 'light' \| 'dark' | 'light' | reCAPTCHA color theme |
| size | :heavy_minus_sign: | 'compact' \| 'normal' \| 'invisible' | 'normal' | reCAPTCHA size |
| badge | :heavy_minus_sign: | 'bottomright' \| 'bottomleft' \| 'inline' | 'bottomright' | Position of the reCAPTCHA badge |
| tabindex | :heavy_minus_sign: | number | 0 | Tabindex of the challenge |
| explicit | :heavy_minus_sign: | boolean | false | Allows to explicitly render reCAPTCHA |
| inject | :heavy_minus_sign: | boolean | true | Handle reCAPTCHA script DOM injection automatically |
| isolated | :heavy_minus_sign: | boolean | false | For plugin owners to not interfere with existing reCAPTCHA installations on a page |
| hl | :heavy_minus_sign: | string | - | Language code for reCAPTCHA | |
| onLoad | :heavy_minus_sign: | Function | - | Callback function executed when the reCAPTCHA script sucessfully loads |
| onRender | :heavy_minus_sign: | Function | - | Callback function executed when the reCAPTCHA successfuly renders |
| onVerify | :heavy_plus_sign: | Function | - | Callback function executed on user's captcha verification. It's being called with the user response token |
| onExpire | :heavy_minus_sign: | Function | - | Callback function executed when the reCAPTCHA response expires and the user needs to re-verify |
| onError | :heavy_minus_sign: | Function | - | Callback function executed when reCAPTCHA fails with an error |
| children | :heavy_minus_sign: | Function | - | Render function that can be used to get access to instance methods without the need to explicitly use refs |Caveats
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This library is using
Array.from which
is not supported by few browsers
i.e. Internet Explorer or Opera. If you want to use reaptcha and keep supporting these browsers, you need to use a
polyfill for it.$3
There are props that are size-specific and some of the props are not available for all of the sizes. Although if you
will pass these props nothing bad will happen, they will just be ignored.
The size-exclusive props are:
- I'm a robot:
theme
- Invisible: badge, isolated$3
If you want to attach the reCAPTCHA script manually to the DOM, simply pass the
inject prop as false, like this:This way
Reaptcha` won't inject the scripts by itself and won't break because of multiple reCAPTCHA scripts attached.