Django antispam module with invisible fake comment/contact form, cookie based middleware and Akismet verification.
Project description
djangospam
Django antispam module with an invisible fake comment/contact form, cookie based middleware and Akismet verification.
See http://pythonhosted.org/djangospam for complete documentation. Djangospam is compatible with both Python 2 and 3.
Quick start
These are the basic steps for using djangospam. You can get more info on the cited modules and at djangospam.settings.
Fake form without middleware
You may also use the fake form without the cookie middleware. This will not block access from known spam bots. In order to do this, include djangospam in your installed modules (at settings.py) and insert the following code in your template, before the true form:
{% include 'djangospam/form.html' %}
You may also define a spam_uri context variable with the fake formulary destination URI. If no URI is defined, the form will be posted at the same address of the page in which the form has been placed (it will be used a <form method=”post” action=””>…</form> code). The destination address must accept POST requests and should not change the database.
You may customize the fake formulary by copying it’s template to template/djangospam at your application’s directory and editing it.
Results
The fake form alone is getting more than 99,9% (circa 1,399 out of 1,400 spam comments) efficiency at http://www.correioprogressista.com.br/, which used to have more than 200 spam comments each day. Even so, I recommend using Akismet or another spam analysis tool.
On the first 14 hours of the cookie middleware at the same website, it identified 244 spammers and blocked 68 requests from known spammers:
$ grep -c "BLOCK RESPONSE" spam.log 244 $ grep -c "SPAM REQUEST" spam.log 68
Change log
- 0.4:
- 0.4.3 (2013-03-23):
Fake forms made invisible via javascript.
- 0.4.2 (2013-03-22):
Akismet settings made optional for non-Akismet users.
- 0.4.1 (2013-03-21):
Bugfix at djangospam.akismet.
- 0.4.0 (2013-03-20):
Added cookie-based comment moderator.
- Transformed Akismet module into a separate subpackage.
Warning: Code that used Akismet module needs to be rewritten. See djangospam.akismet for the current code. Old code should work until 1.0.0.
Improved logger.
- 0.3:
- 0.3.4 (2013-03-18):
Improved forms and URL.
- 0.3.3 (2013-03-17):
Worked around pip bug.
- 0.3.2 (2013-03-17):
Fixed new setup bug (setup.py) - NOT A BUG, see v. 0.3.3.
- 0.3.1 (2013-03-17):
Fixed setup bug (in Manifest.in)
- 0.3.0 (2013-03-17):
Implemented cookie middleware
- 0.2:
- 0.2.2 (2013-03-16):
Fixed bug at akismet module.
- 0.2.1 (2013-03-13):
Made compatible with both Python 2 and 3.
- 0.2.0 (2013-03-10):
Implemented Akismet verification.
- 0.1:
- 0.1.1-0.1.6 (2013-03-10):
Bugfixes.
- 0.1.0 (2013-03-09):
First version.
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