//2025-11-01 Google dropping support for captcha, just nuking it for now, see how much spam I get

Pages/Contact.cshtml

@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
         <div class="form-group">
           <label asp-for="Contact.DbId" class="col-md-3 right">DbId:</label>
           <div class="col-md-9">
-            <input asp-for="Contact.DbId" placeholder="AyaNova Database Id (optional)" class="form-control"
+            <input asp-for="Contact.DbId" placeholder="AyaNova Database Id (optional)" class="form-control" required />
-              required />
             <span asp-validation-for="Contact.DbId"></span>
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@
 
 
     <!-- Button -->
-    <div class="form-group">
+    <!-- <div class="form-group">
 
       <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="Send"></label>
       <div class="col-md-4">
@@ -107,12 +106,20 @@
         </div>
         <button id="btnsubmit" type="submit" class="btn btn-info">Send us your question</button>
       </div>
+    </div> -->
+    <div class="form-group">
+
+      <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="Send"></label>
+      <div class="col-md-4">
+
+        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info">Send us your question</button>
+      </div>
     </div>
     <!-- <div class="row">
     <div class="col-md-12">
-      <button type="submit">Send</button>
+      <button type="submit">Send us your question</button>
     </div>
-  </div> -->
+  </div>   -->
   </form>
   <div class="row">
     <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12">
@@ -170,7 +177,7 @@
   <div class="container text-center">
     <div class="row">
       <hr>
-      <small><span>Ground Zero Tech-Works Inc., 05 - 3610 Christie Parkway Courtenay, BC V9N 9T6 Canada</span>
+      <small><span>Ground Zero Tech-Works Inc., British Columbia, Canada</span>
         <br>
         <span>Since 1999 AyaNova® is a registered trademark of Ground Zero Tech-Works Inc. in the United States and
           other countries.</span>

Pages/Contact.cshtml.cs

@@ -51,14 +51,15 @@ namespace contact.Pages
             }
 
 
-            if (!ReCaptchaPassed(
+            //2025-11-01 Google dropping support for captcha, just nuking it for now, see how much spam I get
-                        Request.Form["g-recaptcha-response"], // that's how you get it from the Request object
+            // if (!ReCaptchaPassed(
-                        _configuration.GetSection("GoogleReCaptcha:secret").Value
+            //             Request.Form["g-recaptcha-response"], // that's how you get it from the Request object
-                        ))
+            //             _configuration.GetSection("GoogleReCaptcha:secret").Value
-            {
+            //             ))
-                //Return a fail code that will hopefully take us off the spammers list
+            // {
-                return StatusCode(500);
+            //     //Return a fail code that will hopefully take us off the spammers list
-            }
+            //     return StatusCode(500);
+            // }
 
 
 
@@ -166,26 +167,26 @@ namespace contact.Pages
         }
 
 
+        //2025-11-01 Google dropping support for captcha, just nuking it for now, see how much spam I get
+        // public static bool ReCaptchaPassed(string gRecaptchaResponse, string secret)
+        // {
+        //     HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
+        //     var res = httpClient.GetAsync($"https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret={secret}&response={gRecaptchaResponse}").Result;
+        //     if (res.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
+        //     {
+        //         // logger.LogError("Error while sending request to ReCaptcha");
+        //         return false;
+        //     }
 
-        public static bool ReCaptchaPassed(string gRecaptchaResponse, string secret)
+        //     string JSONres = res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
-        {
+        //     dynamic JSONdata = JObject.Parse(JSONres);
-            HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
+        //     if (JSONdata.success != "true")
-            var res = httpClient.GetAsync($"https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret={secret}&response={gRecaptchaResponse}").Result;
+        //     {
-            if (res.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
+        //         return false;
-            {
+        //     }
-                // logger.LogError("Error while sending request to ReCaptcha");
-                return false;
-            }
 
-            string JSONres = res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
+        //     return true;
-            dynamic JSONdata = JObject.Parse(JSONres);
+        // }
-            if (JSONdata.success != "true")
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
 
 
     }

Pages/Request.cshtml

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 
             <!-- Button -->
-            <div class="form-group">
+            <!-- <div class="form-group">
 
                 <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="Send"></label>
                 <div class="col-md-4">
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@
                     <button id="btnsubmit" type="submit" class="btn btn-info">Send us your request</button>
 
                 </div>
+            </div> -->
+            <div class="form-group">
+
+                <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="Send"></label>
+                <div class="col-md-4">
+                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info">Send us your request</button>
+                </div>
             </div>
 
         </form>
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@
     <div class="container text-center">
         <div class="row">
             <hr>
-            <small><span> &copy; 2022 Ground Zero Tech-Works, Inc</span>
+            <small><span>Ground Zero Tech-Works, Inc</span>
 
                 <br>
                 <span><a href="https://ayanova.com/r/privacy.htm">Privacy Policy</a></span></small>

Pages/Request.cshtml.cs

@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ namespace contact.Pages
                 return Page();
             }
 
-
+            //2025-11-01 Google dropping support for captcha, just nuking it for now, see how much spam I get
-            if (!ReCaptchaPassed(
+            // if (!ReCaptchaPassed(
-                        Request.Form["g-recaptcha-response"], // that's how you get it from the Request object
+            //             Request.Form["g-recaptcha-response"], // that's how you get it from the Request object
-                        _configuration.GetSection("GoogleReCaptcha:secret").Value
+            //             _configuration.GetSection("GoogleReCaptcha:secret").Value
-                        ))
+            //             ))
-            {
+            // {
-                //Return a fail code that will hopefully take us off the spammers list
+            //     //Return a fail code that will hopefully take us off the spammers list
-                return StatusCode(500);
+            //     return StatusCode(500);
-            }
+            // }
 
 
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace contact.Pages
                                                  System.Text.Encoding.UTF8,
                                                  "application/json");
             var response = client.PostAsync("https://sockeye.ayanova.com/subscription-server-trial-request", body).Result;
-           //var response = client.PostAsync("http://localhost:7676/subscription-server-trial-request", body).Result;
+            //var response = client.PostAsync("http://localhost:7676/subscription-server-trial-request", body).Result;
 
             // if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
             // {
@@ -202,26 +202,26 @@ namespace contact.Pages
         }
 
 
+        //2025-11-01 Google dropping support for captcha, just nuking it for now, see how much spam I get
+        // public static bool ReCaptchaPassed(string gRecaptchaResponse, string secret)
+        // {
+        //     HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
+        //     var res = httpClient.GetAsync($"https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret={secret}&response={gRecaptchaResponse}").Result;
+        //     if (res.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
+        //     {
+        //         // logger.LogError("Error while sending request to ReCaptcha");
+        //         return false;
+        //     }
 
-        public static bool ReCaptchaPassed(string gRecaptchaResponse, string secret)
+        //     string JSONres = res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
-        {
+        //     dynamic JSONdata = JObject.Parse(JSONres);
-            HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
+        //     if (JSONdata.success != "true")
-            var res = httpClient.GetAsync($"https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret={secret}&response={gRecaptchaResponse}").Result;
+        //     {
-            if (res.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
+        //         return false;
-            {
+        //     }
-                // logger.LogError("Error while sending request to ReCaptcha");
-                return false;
-            }
 
-            string JSONres = res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
+        //     return true;
-            dynamic JSONdata = JObject.Parse(JSONres);
+        // }
-            if (JSONdata.success != "true")
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
 
 
     }