React hCaptcha Component Library

Description

hCaptcha Component Library for ReactJS.

hCaptcha is a drop-replacement for reCAPTCHA that protects user privacy, rewards websites, and helps companies get their data labeled.

Sign up at hCaptcha to get your sitekey today. You need a sitekey to use this library.

Installation

You can install this library via npm with:

npm install @hcaptcha/react-hcaptcha --save

Usage

The two requirements for usage are the sitekey prop and a parent component such as a <form />. The component will automatically include and load the hCaptcha API library and append it to the parent component. This is designed for ease of use with the hCaptcha API!

Basic Usage

import HCaptcha from '@hcaptcha/react-hcaptcha';

<FormComponent>
    <HCaptcha
      sitekey="your-sitekey"
      onVerify={(token,ekey) => handleVerificationSuccess(token, ekey)}
    />
</FormComponent>

Usage with TypeScript

Add the types from DefinitelyTyped

npm i -D @types/hcaptcha__react-hcaptcha

A note about TypeScript usage: If you want to reassign the component name, you could consider making a util that imports the component, then re-exports it as a default. Example:

// utils/captcha.ts
import HCaptcha from '@hcaptcha/react-hcaptcha';
export default HCaptcha;

// MyFormComponent.tsx
import { default as RenamedCaptcha } from '../utils/captcha';
<FormComponent>
  <RenamedCaptcha sitekey="your-sitekey" />
</FormComponent>

Advanced usage

In most real-world implementations, you'll probably be using a form library such as Formik or React Hook Form.

In these instances, you'll most likely want to use ref to handle the callbacks as well as handle field-level validation of a captcha field. For an example of this, you can view this CodeSandbox. This ref will point to an instance of the hCaptcha API where can you interact directly with it.

Props

Name	Values/Type	Required	Default	Description
sitekey	String	Yes	-	This is your sitekey, this allows you to load captcha. If you need a sitekey, please visit hCaptcha, and sign up to get your sitekey.
size	String (normal, compact, invisible)	No	normal	This specifies the "size" of the component. hCaptcha allows you to decide how big the component will appear on render, this always defaults to normal.
theme	String (light, dark)	No	light	hCaptcha supports both a light and dark theme. If no theme is inherently set, the captcha will always default to light.
tabindex	Integer	No	0	Set the tabindex of the widget and popup. When appropriate, this can make navigation of your site more intuitive.
languageOverride	String (ISO 639-2 code)	No	auto	hCaptcha auto-detects language via the user's browser. This overrides that to set a default UI language. See language codes.
reCaptchaCompat	Boolean	No	true	Disable drop-in replacement for reCAPTCHA with false to prevent hCaptcha from injecting into window.grecaptcha.
id	String	No	random id	Manually set the ID of the hCaptcha component. Make sure each hCaptcha component generated on a single page has its own unique ID when using this prop.
apihost	String	No	-	See enterprise docs.
assethost	String	No	-	See enterprise docs.
endpoint	String	No	-	See enterprise docs.
host	String	No	-	See enterprise docs.
imghost	String	No	-	See enterprise docs.
reportapi	String	No	-	See enterprise docs.
sentry	String	No	-	See enterprise docs.

Events

Event	Params	Description
onError	err	When an error occurs. Component will reset immediately after an error.
onVerify	token, eKey	When challenge is completed. The response token and an eKey (session id) are passed along.
onExpire	-	When the current token expires.

Methods

Method	Description
execute()	Programmatically trigger a challenge request
resetCaptcha()	Reset the current challenge

NOTE: Make sure to reset the hCaptcha state when you submit your form by calling the method .resetCaptcha on your hCaptcha React Component! Passcodes are one-time use, so if your user submits the same passcode twice then it will be rejected by the server the second time.

Please refer to the demo for examples of basic usage and an invisible hCaptcha.

Alternatively, see this sandbox code for a quick form example of invisible hCaptcha on a form submit button.

Please note that "invisible" simply means that no hCaptcha button will be rendered. Whether a challenge shows up will depend on the sitekey difficulty level. Note to hCaptcha Enterprise (BotStop) users: select "Passive" or "99.9% Passive" modes to get this No-CAPTCHA behavior.

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Note for maintainers

Scripts

• npm run start - will start the demo app with hot reload
• npm run test - will test the library: unit tests
• npm run build - will build the production version

Publishing

To publish a new version, follow the next steps:

1. Bump the version in package.json
2. Create a Github Release with version from step 1 without a prefix such as v (e.g. 1.0.3)

• publish workflow will be triggered which will: build, test and deploy the package to the npm @hcaptcha/react-hcaptcha.

Running locally for development

Please see: Local Development Notes.

Summary:

sudo echo "127.0.0.1 fakelocal.com" >> /private/etc/hosts

npm start -- --disable-host-check

open http://fakelocal.com:9000 to start the example.