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
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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 <joshcar...@gmail.com> 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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