Module: SimpleCaptcha::ControllerHelpers

Defined in:
lib/simple_captcha/controller.rb

Overview

:nodoc

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#simple_captcha_valid? ⇒ Boolean

This method is to validate the simple captcha in controller. It means when the captcha is controller based i.e. :object has not been passed to the method show_simple_captcha.

Example

If you want to save an object say @user only if the captcha is validated then do like this in action…

if simple_captcha_valid?
 @user.save
else
 flash[:notice] = "captcha did not match"
 redirect_to :action => "myaction"
end

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/simple_captcha/controller.rb', line 16

def simple_captcha_valid?
  return true if SimpleCaptcha.always_pass
  return @_simple_captcha_result unless @_simple_captcha_result.nil?

  if params[:captcha]
    captcha_key = params[:captcha_key] || session[:captcha]
    data = SimpleCaptcha::Utils::simple_captcha_value(captcha_key)
    result = data == params[:captcha].delete(" ").upcase
    SimpleCaptcha::Utils::simple_captcha_passed!(captcha_key) if result
    @_simple_captcha_result = result
    result
  else
    false
  end
end