Module: EasyCaptcha::ControllerHelpers

Defined in:
lib/easy_captcha/controller_helpers.rb

Overview

helper class for ActionController

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.included(base) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/easy_captcha/controller_helpers.rb', line 5

def self.included(base) #:nodoc:
  base.class_eval do
    helper_method :valid_captcha?, :captcha_valid?
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#captcha_valid?(code) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: valid_captcha?

validate given captcha code and re

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/easy_captcha/controller_helpers.rb', line 49

def captcha_valid?(code)
  return false if session[:captcha].blank? or code.blank?
  session[:captcha].to_s.upcase == code.to_s.upcase
end

#generate_captcha ⇒ Object

generate captcha image and return it as blob



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# File 'lib/easy_captcha/controller_helpers.rb', line 12

def generate_captcha
  if EasyCaptcha.cache
    # create cache dir
    FileUtils.mkdir_p(EasyCaptcha.cache_temp_dir)

    # select all generated captchas from cache
    files = Dir.glob(EasyCaptcha.cache_temp_dir + "*")
    
    unless files.size < EasyCaptcha.cache_size
      file              = File.open(files.at(Kernel.rand(files.size)))
      session[:captcha] = File.basename(file.path)

      if file.mtime < EasyCaptcha.cache_expire.ago
        File.unlink(file.path)
      else
        return file.readlines.join
      end
    end
    generated_code = generate_captcha_code
    image = Captcha.new(generated_code).image

    # write captcha for caching
    File.open(EasyCaptcha.cache_temp_dir + "#{generated_code}", 'w') { |f| f.write image }

    # return image
    image
  else
    Captcha.new(generate_captcha_code).image
  end
end

#generate_captcha_code ⇒ Object

generate captcha code, save in session and return



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# File 'lib/easy_captcha/controller_helpers.rb', line 44

def generate_captcha_code
  session[:captcha] = EasyCaptcha.length.times.collect { EasyCaptcha.chars[rand(EasyCaptcha.chars.size)] }.join
end

#reset_last_captcha_code! ⇒ Object

reset the captcha code in session for security after each request



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# File 'lib/easy_captcha/controller_helpers.rb', line 56

def reset_last_captcha_code!
  session.delete(:captcha)
end