In this tutorial we will take alook on how to to apply invisible google reCAPTCHA on a laravel application hope you enjoy it.

Step 1: We will create a brand new laravel application by typing the following command on your terminal

  ~$ composer create-project laravel/laravel recaptcha  

  ~# cd recaptcha/

Step 2: We will strat installing invisible google package from github.com by typing the following command on the terminal:

go to github.com and search for albertcht/invisible-recaptcha to find more.

~$ composer require albertcht/invisible-recaptcha

Step 3: Setup the recaptcha on laravel 5

Add ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php

AlbertCht\InvisibleReCaptcha\InvisibleReCaptchaServiceProvider::class,

Step 4: Configuring reCAPTCHA

You have to create your keys by visiting https;//www.google.com/recaptcha ,and  go to <admin console>

Step 5: Adding keys

In your .env file add the following

INVISIBLE_RECAPTCHA_SITEKEY=<siteKey>

INVISIBLE_RECAPTCHA_SECRETKEY=<secretKey>

INVISIBLE_RECAPTCHA_BADGEHIDE=false

INVISIBLE_RECAPTCHA_DATABADGE='bottomright'

INVISIBLE_RECAPTCHA_TIMEOUT=5

INVISIBLE_RECAPTCHA_DEBUG=false

Step 6: How to use

Create the form your wishing to add reCAPTCHA between the <form></form> add this in the blade to render your recaptcha

@captcha()

inside the controller you must validate the recaptcha by adding the following

$this->validate($request, [

'g-recaptcha-response' => 'required|captcha'

]);

That's it :D 

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