How to implement reCaptcha for ASP.NET MVC?

There are a few great examples:

• MVC reCaptcha - making reCaptcha more MVC'ish.
• ReCaptcha Webhelper in ASP.NET MVC 3
• ReCaptcha Control for ASP.NET MVC from Google Code.

This has also been covered before in this Stack Overflow question.

NuGet Google reCAPTCHA V2 for MVC 4 and 5

• NuGet Package
• Demo And Document

Simple and Complete Solution working for me. Supports ASP.NET MVC 4 and 5 (Supports ASP.NET 4.0, 4.5, and 4.5.1)

Step 1: Install NuGet Package by "Install-Package reCAPTCH.MVC"

Step 2: Add your Public and Private key to your web.config file in appsettings section

<appSettings>
    <add key="ReCaptchaPrivateKey" value=" -- PRIVATE_KEY -- " />
    <add key="ReCaptchaPublicKey" value=" -- PUBLIC KEY -- " />
</appSettings>  

You can create an API key pair for your site at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html and click on Get reCAPTCHA at top of the page

Step 3: Modify your form to include reCaptcha

@using reCAPTCHA.MVC
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
    @Html.Recaptcha()
    @Html.ValidationMessage("ReCaptcha")
    <input type="submit" value="Register" />
}

Step 4: Implement the Controller Action that will handle the form submission and Captcha validation

[CaptchaValidator(
PrivateKey = "your private reCaptcha Google Key",
ErrorMessage = "Invalid input captcha.",
RequiredMessage = "The captcha field is required.")]
public ActionResult MyAction(myVM model)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid) //this will take care of captcha
    {
    }
}

OR

public ActionResult MyAction(myVM model, bool captchaValid)
{
    if (captchaValid) //manually check for captchaValid 
    {
    }
}

I have added reCaptcha to a project I'm currently working on. I needed it to use the AJAX API as the reCaptcha element was loaded into the page dynamically. I couldn't find any existing controls and the API is simple so I created my own.

I'll post my code here in case anyone finds it useful.

1: Add the script tag to the master page headers

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/js/recaptcha_ajax.js"></script>

2: Add your keys to the web.config

<appSettings>
    <add key="ReCaptcha.PrivateKey" value="[key here]" />
    <add key="ReCaptcha.PublicKey" value="[key here]" />
</appSettings>

3: Create the Action Attribute and Html Helper extensions

namespace [Your chosen namespace].ReCaptcha
{
    public enum Theme { Red, White, BlackGlass, Clean }

    [Serializable]
    public class InvalidKeyException : ApplicationException
    {
        public InvalidKeyException() { }
        public InvalidKeyException(string message) : base(message) { }
        public InvalidKeyException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner) { }
    }

    public class ReCaptchaAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
    {
        public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
        {
            var userIP = filterContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.UserHostAddress;

            var privateKey = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.GetString("ReCaptcha.PrivateKey", "");

            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(privateKey))
                throw new InvalidKeyException("ReCaptcha.PrivateKey missing from appSettings");

            var postData = string.Format("&privatekey={0}&remoteip={1}&challenge={2}&response={3}",
                                         privateKey,
                                         userIP,
                                         filterContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.Form["recaptcha_challenge_field"],
                                         filterContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.Form["recaptcha_response_field"]);

            var postDataAsBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);

            // Create web request
            var request = WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/verify");
            request.Method = "POST";
            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
            request.ContentLength = postDataAsBytes.Length;
            var dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
            dataStream.Write(postDataAsBytes, 0, postDataAsBytes.Length);
            dataStream.Close();

            // Get the response.
            var response = request.GetResponse();

            using (dataStream = response.GetResponseStream())
            {
                using (var reader = new StreamReader(dataStream))
                {
                    var responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();

                    if (!responseFromServer.StartsWith("true"))
                        ((Controller)filterContext.Controller).ModelState.AddModelError("ReCaptcha", "Captcha words typed incorrectly");
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static class HtmlHelperExtensions
    {
        public static MvcHtmlString GenerateCaptcha(this HtmlHelper helper, Theme theme, string callBack = null)
        {
            const string htmlInjectString = @"<div id=""recaptcha_div""></div>
<script type=""text/javascript"">
    Recaptcha.create(""{0}"", ""recaptcha_div"", {{ theme: ""{1}"" {2}}});
</script>";

            var publicKey = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.GetString("ReCaptcha.PublicKey", "");

            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(publicKey))
                throw new InvalidKeyException("ReCaptcha.PublicKey missing from appSettings");

            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(callBack))
                callBack = string.Concat(", callback: ", callBack);

            var html = string.Format(htmlInjectString, publicKey, theme.ToString().ToLower(), callBack);
            return MvcHtmlString.Create(html);
        }
    }
}

4: Add the captcha to your view

@using (Html.BeginForm("MyAction", "MyController"))
{
   @Html.TextBox("EmailAddress", Model.EmailAddress)
   @Html.GenerateCaptcha(Theme.White)
   <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
}

5: Add the attribute to your action

[HttpPost]
[ReCaptcha]
public ActionResult MyAction(MyModel model)
{
   if (!ModelState.IsValid) // Will have a Model Error "ReCaptcha" if the user input is incorrect
      return Json(new { capthcaInvalid = true });

   ... other stuff ...
}

6: Note you will need to reload the captcha after each post even if it was valid and another part of the form was invalid. Use Recaptcha.reload();