recaptcha.md

reCaptcha / hCpatcha

Kiwi IRC can support either reCaptcha or hCaptcha and can always ask for verification or based on dnsbl response

reCaptcha

To enable reCaptcha support a site key and secret is required from google. These can be obtained here

config.conf

note: if required = false then [dnsbl] section applies

[verify]
recaptcha_secret = "SECRET KEY HERE"
recaptcha_key = "SITE KEY HERE"

# If required, a client must always pass a captcha challenge before making an IRC connection
required = true

config.json

"startupOptions" : {
    "recaptchaSiteId": "SITE KEY HERE",
}

hCaptcha

To enable hCaptcha support a site key and secret key is required from hCaptcha. These can be obtained here

config.conf

note: if required = false then [dnsbl] section applies

[verify]
recaptcha_url = "https://hcaptcha.com/siteverify"
recaptcha_secret = "SECRET KEY HERE"
recaptcha_key = "SITE KEY HERE"

# If required, a client must always pass a captcha challenge before making an IRC connection
required = true

config.json

"startupOptions" : {
    "recaptchaURL": "https://hcaptcha.com/1/api.js",
    "recaptchaSiteId": "SITE KEY HERE",
}