Migrate from reCAPTCHA to CaptchaFox
Upgrading from reCAPTCHA to CaptchaFox only takes a couple of minutes. Refer to the step-by-step guide below for assistance.
Get your CaptchaFox keys
Open the CaptchaFox portal
Create an account (opens in a new tab) or login (opens in a new tab) on the CaptchaFox portal
Locate sitekey
Navigate to the Sites tab in the portal and create a new site. Copy the sitekey listed in the configuration.
Locate secret key
Navigate to the Organization Settings tab in the portal and copy your secret key.
Update client side code
Replace the script tag
<script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js" async defer></script>becomes
<script src="https://cdn.captchafox.com/api.js" async defer></script>Update the container element
The class g-recaptcha becomes captchafox
See Widget API for more information about the CaptchaFox attributes.
Update server side code
Update secret key
Use the organization secret key that you obtained in the first step.
Change response token field
g-recaptcha-response becomes cf-captcha-response
Update siteverify URL
Change your calls to the Google siteverify API to the CaptchaFox Endpoint.
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify or https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api/siteverify
becomes
https://api.captchafox.com/siteverify
See Verify the Response Token on the Server for more information about the Verification API.
Update libraries
If you use a specific library for your frontend or backend you can switch to one of our pre-built integrations.