Thanks Danny! I was under the impression that the spam filters only worked
on comments, but I see that i was wrong.
Regards,
Josh
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Danny wrote:
> You can use the SPAM_FILTERS setting to set a list of handlers that
> check form and comment submission for spam.
> The default uses Akismet (if you have it set up in your site
> settings), but you could easily add your own.
>
> For example, I have added the following to my site. I've genericised
> this code a bit:
>
> =
> # settings.py
> SPAM_FILTERS = ("mytheme.views.is_spam",)
>
> # mytheme/views.py
> def is_spam(request, form, url):
> """
> Validates form data as being 'spam' or not based on a validation
> question.
> Essentially this should be a field in the form always added that has
> the
> following properties:
>
> Label: *must* contain the string "validation code".
> Type: Single Line Text
> Required: True
> Visible: True
> Default: None
> Help Text: something useful as to why this question is being asked
>
> The answer for this example is "foobarqux" but you should change
> it as appropriate
>
> NOTE: The form submisison goes through regardless, the entry is
> just not saved/emailed if
> the answer is incorrect.
> """
> for name, field in form.fields.items():
> if field.label and "validation code" in field.label.lower():
> cleaned_data = form.cleaned_data.get(name)
> if "foobarqux" in cleaned_data.lower():
> # The form field was filled correctly! It's likely not
> spam!
> return False
> else:
> # It's spam, not good
> return True
> # else there's no "validation code" field in the form, so we
> accept all submissions
> return False
>
> =
>
> So for the forms that require the validation question, just add a
> field to your form following the comments above, and forms which
> answer incorrectly will be treated as spam.
>
> Unfortunately, this mechanism does not reject the form and tell the
> user they got the question wrong, it just prevents the form submission
> from being emailed.
> If anyone has an easier solution so that form validation can be done
> /prior/ to the submission being accepted, I'd love to see it too.
>
> Seeya. Danny.
>
>
> On 5 March 2014 10:12, Josh Cartmell wrote:
> > Lately I've had a lot of clients (and a site of my own) getting a lot of
> > spam submitted to Mezzanine forms.
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this and/or has
> ideas/solutions
> > to cut down on spam submissions.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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