What is react-google-recaptcha?
The react-google-recaptcha package is a React component wrapper for Google reCAPTCHA, which helps protect websites from spam and abuse by using advanced risk analysis techniques to differentiate between humans and bots.
What are react-google-recaptcha's main functionalities?
Basic reCAPTCHA Integration
This code demonstrates how to integrate Google reCAPTCHA into a React form. The `ReCAPTCHA` component is used to render the reCAPTCHA widget, and the `handleCaptchaChange` function is called whenever the reCAPTCHA value changes.
import React from 'react';
import ReCAPTCHA from 'react-google-recaptcha';
function MyForm() {
const handleCaptchaChange = (value) => {
console.log('Captcha value:', value);
};
return (
<form>
<ReCAPTCHA
sitekey="your-site-key"
onChange={handleCaptchaChange}
/>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
);
}
export default MyForm;
Invisible reCAPTCHA
This code demonstrates how to use the invisible reCAPTCHA. The `ReCAPTCHA` component is set to `size="invisible"`, and the reCAPTCHA is executed programmatically when the form is submitted.
import React from 'react';
import ReCAPTCHA from 'react-google-recaptcha';
function MyForm() {
const recaptchaRef = React.createRef();
const handleSubmit = (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
recaptchaRef.current.execute();
};
const handleCaptchaChange = (value) => {
console.log('Captcha value:', value);
// Proceed with form submission
};
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<ReCAPTCHA
ref={recaptchaRef}
sitekey="your-site-key"
size="invisible"
onChange={handleCaptchaChange}
/>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
);
}
export default MyForm;
reCAPTCHA v3
This code demonstrates how to use reCAPTCHA v3, which does not require user interaction. The `ReCAPTCHA` component is set to `size="invisible"` and an `action` is specified. The reCAPTCHA token is generated and can be verified on the server.
import React from 'react';
import ReCAPTCHA from 'react-google-recaptcha';
function MyForm() {
const recaptchaRef = React.createRef();
const handleSubmit = (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
recaptchaRef.current.execute();
};
const handleCaptchaChange = (token) => {
console.log('Captcha token:', token);
// Verify token with your server
};
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<ReCAPTCHA
ref={recaptchaRef}
sitekey="your-site-key"
size="invisible"
onChange={handleCaptchaChange}
action="submit"
/>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
);
}
export default MyForm;
Other packages similar to react-google-recaptcha
react-recaptcha
The react-recaptcha package is another React component for Google reCAPTCHA. It provides similar functionality to react-google-recaptcha but with a slightly different API. It supports both reCAPTCHA v2 and v3, and offers a straightforward way to integrate reCAPTCHA into React applications.
react-recaptcha-v3
The react-recaptcha-v3 package is specifically designed for Google reCAPTCHA v3. It provides a simple and efficient way to integrate reCAPTCHA v3 into React applications, focusing on the invisible reCAPTCHA and token generation for server-side verification.
react-google-recaptcha
Component wrapper for Google reCAPTCHA v2
Installation
npm install --save react-google-recaptcha
React < 15.5
With version prior to 15.5
npm install --save react-google-recaptcha@0.8.1
React 0.13
With 0.13, install version 0.4.1
npm install --save react-google-recaptcha@0.4.1
Usage
All you need to do is sign up for an API key pair. You will need the client key.
You can then use the reCAPTCHA. The default require imports a wrapped component that loads the reCAPTCHA script asynchronously.
var React = require("react").default;
var render = require("react-dom").render
var ReCAPTCHA = require("react-google-recaptcha");
function onChange(value) {
console.log("Captcha value:", value);
}
render(
<ReCAPTCHA
ref="recaptcha"
sitekey="Your client site key"
onChange={onChange}
/>,
document.body
);
Rendering Props
Other properties can be used to customise the rendering.
Name | Type | Description |
---|
sitekey | string | The API client key |
onChange | func | The function to be called when the user successfully completes the captcha |
theme | enum | optional light or dark The theme of the widget (defaults: light). See example |
type | enum | optional image or audio The type of initial captcha (defaults: image) |
tabindex | number | optional The tabindex on the element (default: 0) |
onExpired | func | optional callback when the challenge is expired and has to be redone by user. By default it will call the onChange with null to signify expired callback. |
stoken | string | optional set the stoken parameter, which allows the captcha to be used from different domains, see reCAPTCHA secure-token |
size | enum | optional compact , normal or invisible . This allows you to change the size or do an invisible captcha |
badge | enum | optional bottomright , bottomleft or inline . Positions reCAPTCHA badge. Only for invisible reCAPTCHA |
lang: In order to translate the reCaptcha widget, you should create a global variable configuring the desired language. If you don't provide it, reCaptcha will pick up the user's interface language.
useRecaptchaNet: If google.com is blocked, you can set useRecaptchaNet to true
so that the component uses recaptcha.net instead.
removeOnMount: If you plan to change the lang dynamically, removeOnMount should probably be true. This will allow you to unmount the reCAPTCHA component and remount it with a new language.
window.recaptchaOptions = {
lang: 'fr',
useRecaptchaNet: true,
removeOnMount: false,
};
Component API
The component also has some utility functions that can be called.
getValue()
returns the value of the captcha fieldreset()
forces reset. See the JavaScript API doc
Invisible reCAPTCHA
Invisible reCAPTCHA
Starting with 0.7.0, the component now supports invisible options. See the reCAPTCHA documentation to see how to configure it.
With the invisible option, you need to handle things a bit differently. You will need to call the execute
method yourself.
var React = require("react").default;
var render = require("react-dom").render
var ReCAPTCHA = require("react-google-recaptcha");
function onChange(value) {
console.log("Captcha value:", value);
}
let captcha;
render(
<form onSubmit={() => { captcha.execute(); }}>
<ReCAPTCHA
ref={(el) => { captcha = el; }}
size="invisible"
sitekey="Your client site key"
onChange={onChange}
/>
</form>,
document.body
);
Advanced usage
You can also use the barebone components doing the following. Using that component will oblige you to manage the grecaptcha dep and load the script by yourself.
var React = require("react").default;
var render = require("react-dom").render
var ReCAPTCHA = require("react-google-recaptcha/lib/recaptcha");
var grecaptchaObject = grecaptcha
function onChange(value) {
console.log("Captcha value:", value);
}
render(
<ReCAPTCHA
ref="recaptcha"
sitekey="Your client site key"
onChange={onChange}
grecaptcha={grecaptchaObject}
/>,
document.body
);