From 4ee8790bce7d74dc2dcc5e4e99c5ed92d6b9f646 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew Fisher <drew.m.fisher@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:23:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Implement antispam tactics.
I've been getting a bunch of spam comments lately (I knew this day would
come). This adds a field to the comment-submission page, and verifies
that the field contains a four-digit number. Hopefully this will stop
most automated bots.
---
shortlog.py | 12 ++++++++++++
templates/day.html | 1 +
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/shortlog.py b/shortlog.py
index a341b66..a2606d3 100644
--- a/shortlog.py
+++ b/shortlog.py
@@ -147,9 +147,21 @@ class day:
web.template.Template.globals['len'] = len
print render.noentry("%s-%s-%s" % (year, month, day))
+ def verify(self, test):
+ if len(test) != 4:
+ return False
+ try:
+ x = int(test,10)
+ except ValueError:
+ return False
+ return True
def POST(self, year, month, day):
i = web.input()
+ bottest = i.bottest.strip()
+ if not self.verify(bottest):
+ web.redirect("http://127.0.0.1/go_away_bot.html")
+ return
name = i.name.strip()
email = i.email.strip()
website = i.website.strip()
diff --git a/templates/day.html b/templates/day.html
index df4b4fe..b2a5eac 100644
--- a/templates/day.html
+++ b/templates/day.html
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ $for c in comments:
<p><input name="name" type="text" size="30" aria-required="true" />Name</p>
<p><input name="email" type="text" size="30" aria-required="true" />Email (required, but won't be posted)</p>
<p><input name="website" type="text" size="30" aria-required="false" />Website (optional)</p>
+ <p><input name="bottest" type="text" size="30" aria-required="true" />Antispam: enter a four digit number</p>
<p><textarea name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" aria-required="true"></textarea></p>
<input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" value="Post Comment" />
</form>
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